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dyslexia
 
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Reply Thu 16 Jun, 2005 06:35 pm
yeah really, I had that book when I was just a mere prat of a child, (ok well maybe my folks had the book, cause I really didn't understand the humour at the time)
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djjd62
 
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Reply Thu 16 Jun, 2005 06:41 pm
that's too bad, i was a regular reader of punch in the 80's
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Letty
 
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Reply Thu 16 Jun, 2005 06:46 pm
dys, I remember the cartoon about a mid Victorian woman sitting on a bench in the park, clad to the neck in unnecessary clothes. In front of her was a child similarly clad.

Caption:

Run along, child, and try to play.

In the winter months in Virginia, I was dressed from head to toe in clothes...clothes...clothes.
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djjd62
 
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Reply Thu 16 Jun, 2005 06:46 pm
http://www.cataumet.net/carolyn/punch%20an%20judy.gif

Punch and Judy
XTC

Gather 'round!

Punch and Judy,
Did it truly,
And were married in a haste,
In love, maybe,
Using the baby,
as a kind of romance paste,
She's grown fatter,
Her hair cut shorter,
Looks much older than nineteen,
He's a drinker,
Not a thinker,
Baby spoiled his could-have-been.

This must be make-believe,
This must be make-believe,
This must be make-believe,
'Cos who do we know, dear, who acts like that?


Punch and Judy.

Punch and Judy,
In a semi,
On a brand new council plot,
Sunday lunchtime,
Beer-for-Punch time,
While his dinner's far from hot,
She grows tired,
Cab is hired,
She goes round to see her friend,
He comes back late,
Fool is irate,
We will see his temper bend.

This must be make-believe,
This must be make-believe,
This must be make-believe,
'Cos who do we know, dear, who acts like that?

Punch and Judy,
In a quandary,
She's walked out, and he is mad.
Now he's grown up,
Can't smash home up,
Retribution must be had.
Punch and Judy,
Had a baby,
Who brought them to married bliss.
Mr Punch,,
Has drunken hunch,
That he must punish kid for this

This must be make-believe,
This must be make-believe,
This must be make-believe,
'Cos who do we know, dear, who acts like that?

Punch and Judy
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Letty
 
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Reply Thu 16 Jun, 2005 06:51 pm
dj, you are a miracle man. I love it!

and that song is perfect. Glad you're back on the air, buddy.
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djjd62
 
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Reply Thu 16 Jun, 2005 06:58 pm
Punch and Judy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
(Redirected from Punch and judy)

Punch and Judy is a popular British glove-puppet show for children, featuring Mr. Punch and his wife Judy. The performance consists of a sequence of short scenes, each depicting an interaction between the anarchic Mr. Punch and one other character (the show is traditionally performed by a single puppeteer, known as a Professor, who of course can only perform two characters at a time).

The tale is this: Punch, in a fit of jealousy, strangles his infant child, when Judy flies to her revenge. She fetches a bludgeon, with which she belabours her husband, till Punch, exasperated, seizes another bludgeon and beats her to death, then flings into the street the two dead bodies. The bodies attract the notice of a police officer, who enters the house. Punch flees for his life; being arrested by an officer of the Inquisition, he is shut up in prison, from which he escapes by means of a golden key. The rest is an allegory, showing how Punch triumphs over all the ills that flesh is heir to. (1) Ennui, in the shape of a dog, is overcome; (2) Disease, in the disguise of a doctor, is kicked out; (3) Death is beaten to death; and (4) the Devil himself is outwitted.

Mr. Punch wears a jester's motley, is hunchbacked and his hooked nose almost meets his curved jutting chin. He carries a stick, as large as himself, which he freely uses upon all the other characters in the show. He speaks in a bizarre rasping voice, produced by a contrivance known as a swazzle or swatchel which the Professor holds in his mouth, transmitting his gleeful cackle?- "as pleased as Punch".

The Punch and Judy show has deep roots; it is ultimately based on the Italian commedia dell'arte, and the figure of Punch derives ultimately from the stock character of Pulcinello. He is a manifestation of the Lord of Misrule and Trickster figures of deep-rooted mythologies. Judy was originally "Joan".

"Punch and Judy" shows are also known in various other countries. In Germany Punch is called "Kasper" and Judy is "Grete". The characters date back to the 18th century in German speaking countries. In the Netherlands Punch is called Jan Klaassen, in Denmark Mester Jackel, in Italy Pulcinello (with Pulcinella as the female part), in Russia Petruschka, in Romania Vasilache and in France Le guignol.

May 9, 1662 is reckoned the birthday of Mr. Punch, for that was the first time the diarist Samuel Pepys observed a Punch and Judy show near St. Paul's Church in London's Covent Garden. It was performed by an Italian Punchman, Pietro Gimonde operating as "Signor Bologna". Pepys described the event in his diary: "...an Italian puppet play, that is within the rails there, which is very pretty, the best that I ever saw, and great resort of gallants." This is considered the first written record of a Punch and Judy performance. Pepys went back several more times and continued to be amused. The Punch he saw was a marionette not a glove-puppet, and worked his show within a tent.

The simplification of the show to an easily transportable booth (known as a fit-up) with a pair of sock puppet characters happened in the early 19th century. A transcript of a typical Punch and Judy show in London of the 1840s can be found in Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor.

Modern performances of Punch and Judy are traditionally seaside entertainments, found in holiday resorts during the summer months. Apart from Punch and Judy, there is usually also their baby, a crocodile, and a string of sausages. The devil and Jack Ketch may also make appearances. The story changes, but the punchlines remain the same: Mr. Punch, for example, always says "That's the way to do it!"

Featuring, as it does, a deformed, child-murdering, wife-beating psychopath who commits appalling acts of violence and cruelty upon all those around him and escapes scot-free, it is greatly enjoyed by small children.
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Letty
 
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Reply Thu 16 Jun, 2005 07:11 pm
dj, that is the most amazing background that I have ever heard about a puppet show. Shocked

Sorta makes the wicked witch in Snow White look rather tame.

Song: DING DONG! THE WITCH IS DEAD Lyrics

Munchkins
Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch!
Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.
Wake up - sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed.
Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead. She's gone where the goblins go,
Below - below - below. Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out.
Ding Dong' the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low.
Let them know
The Wicked Witch is dead!
Mayor
As Mayor of the Munchkin City, In the County of the Land of Oz, I welcome you most regally.
Barrister
But we've got to verify it legally, to see
Mayor
To see?
Barrister
If she
Mayor
If she?
Barrister
Is morally, ethic'lly
Father No.1
Spiritually, physically
Father No. 2
Positively, absolutely
Munchkins
Undeniably and reliably Dead
Coroner
As Coroner I must aver, I thoroughly examined her.
And she's not only merely dead, she's really most sincerely dead.
Mayor
Then this is a day of Independence For all the Munchkins and their descendants
Barrister
If any.
Mayor
Yes, let the joyous news be spread The wicked Old Witch at last is dead!

Well, folks, this resident witch is dead tired. Been a bad day for me.

Goodnight, all.

From Letty with love
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djjd62
 
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Reply Thu 16 Jun, 2005 07:19 pm
some obscure david bowie, to whisk you off to dreamland


Did You Ever Have A Dream
David Bowie

Did you ever have a dream or two
Where the hero is a guy named you
And the things he does are just too much
Does he fly like Mr. Superman, speak Chinese, French and Dutch?
And did you ever have a dream or two?

Have you ever woken up one day
With the feeling that you'd been away?
If the girl that you dreamed of last night
Had the same dream, in the very same scene
With the very same boy, hold tight

It's a very special knowledge that you've got, my friend
You can travel anywhere with anyone you care
It's a very special knowledge that you've got, my friend
You can walk around in New York while you sleep in Penge

I will travel round the world one night
On the magic wings of astral flight
If you've got the secret, tell me do
Have you ever had a dream or two?
Have you ever had a dream or two?
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Thu 16 Jun, 2005 07:20 pm
My Dream,
Is a wondrous dream
It's the answer too,
Wanting only you

My Dream,
Is a true delight
My escape at night
From a world that's blue

The world we know
Seems so far away
And where we go
Is for us to say

My Dream,
Is a wealth of joy
No one can destroy
When I dream my dream
It's no common dream
It's a wondrous dream
Dream...

The Platters
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djjd62
 
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Reply Thu 16 Jun, 2005 07:23 pm
one more dream theme from mr. bowie

When I Live My Dream
David Bowie

When I live my dream, I'll take you with me
Riding on a golden horse
We'll live within my castle, with people there to serve you
Happy at the sound of your voice

Baby, I'll slay a dragon for you
Or banish wicked giants from the land
But you will find, that nothing in my dream can hurt you
We will only love each other as forever
When I live my dream

When I live my dream, I'll forgive the things you've told me
And the empty man you left behind
It's a broken heart that dreams, it's a broken heart you left me
Only love can live in my dream

I'll wish, and the thunder clouds will vanish
Wish, and the storm will fade away
Wish again, and you will stand before me while the sky will paint an overture
And trees will play the rhythm of my dream

When I live my dream, please be there to meet me
Let me be the one to understand
When I live my dream, I'll forget the hurt you gave me
Then we can live in our new land

Till the day my dream cascades around me
I'm content to let you pass me by
Till that day, you'll run to many other men
But let them know it's just for now
Tell them that I've got a dream
And tell them you're the starring role
Tell them I'm a dreaming kind of guy
And I'm going to make my dream
Tell them I will live my dream
Tell them they can laugh at me
But don't forget your date with me
When I live my dream
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Thu 16 Jun, 2005 07:36 pm
I dreamed I was there in hillbilly heaven

Spoken:
Last night I dreamed I went to hillbilly heaven. And you know who greeted
me at the gate? The ole cowboy-philosopher himself, Will Rogers. He said
to me, he said Tex, the Big Boss of the riders up here has asked me to
kinda show you around. Now, over yonder are a couple of your ole
compadres. My, was I glad to see them, Carson Robison and the
Mississippi blue yodeler Jimmie Rodgers.

Singing:
I dreamed I was there in hillbilly heaven

Spoken:
He introduced me to Wiley Post, and he showed me the Hall of Fame with
all the gold guitars and fiddles hanging on the walls. Then he said,
Tex, step over this way, there are two more of your friends I know
youll want to see, theyre waitin for you. There they were standin
side by side and smilin at me--Hank Williams and Johnny Horton.

Singing:
I met all the stars in hillbilly heaven

Spoken:
Then I asked him who else do you expect in the next, uh, say a hundred
years? He handed me a large book covered with star dust. Will called it
the Big Tally Book. In it were many names and each name was branded in
pure gold. I began to read some of them as I turned the pages: Red Foley,
Ernest Tubb, Gene Autry, Roy Acuff, Eddy Arnold, Tennessee Ernie, Jimmy
Dean, Andy Griffith, Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter

Tex Ritter? Oh, well, thats when I woke up, and Im sorry I did, because

Singing:
I dreamed I was there in hillbilly heaven
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bobsmythhawk
 
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Reply Fri 17 Jun, 2005 04:13 am
Barry Manilow
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus in Brooklyn, New York on June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter. Manilow dominated the 1970s soft rock scene with a string of top ten hits and multi-platinum albums. Despite the frequent barbs from critics and lampooning by comedians, Manilow's fans and music soldier on as evidenced by the No. 3 debut of his 2002 greatest hits album Ultimate Manilow, and being dubbed "showman of our generation" recently by Rolling Stone.

(Manilow's record label Arista took three years off his announced age when he was really 32--in 1975--and made him 29 years old so he would appeal to teens as well; this made him appear to have been born in 1946 instead of his actual birth year which is 1943. Manilow also reportedly wrote to Playboy in 1965?-when he would have been 22?-asking for advice about music.)

Early in his career, Manilow worked as a pianist, producer and arranger, accompanying Bette Midler among others. Manilow's major solo hits include "Mandy" (1974), "Copacabana (At The Copa)" (1978) and "I Write The Songs" (1975). Manilow's Copacabana has also been turned into a stage musical that ran for two years in the West End, and toured the US in 2000 and 2003.

Manilow's recorded work, spanning from 1971 through 2005, has gone through several distinct phases. He first made a series of demo singles, both under his real name (although born Barry Pincus, he had it legally changed to Manilow), and under a pseudo-group name of Featherbed. His first album was released by Bell (later Arista) records in 1973, and contained an eclectic mix of piano-driven pop, big band remixes and guitar-driven rock. His second album, called Barry Manilow II [Bell/Arista, 1974] contained the hit song "Mandy", and began a string of hit singles and albums that lasted through the rest of the 1970s, and into the early 1980's.

After the landmark Concert at Blenheim Palace in August of 1983, Manilow started to venture into a jazz-driven style, starting with the 1984 album 2:00 am -- Paradise Cafe. The album was recorded with jazz greats Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme and Gerry Mulligan. Manilow would return to the genre in 1987, with the release of Swing Street. The techno-jazz-inspired album contained performances with Dianne Schuur, Phyllis Hyman, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, and Tom Scott.

From 1985 to 1986, Manilow was involved with the pop album "Manilow" [RCA, 1985], and began a phase of international music, as he performed songs and duets in French, Italian, Portugese and Japanese, among other languages.

In the 1990s, Manilow recorded a succession of "event" albums, guided by Arista's President, Clive Davis. From 1991's "Showstoppers", a collection of Broadway tunes, to a big band album [Singin' With the Big Bands, Arista, 1994], a 1970s collection [Summer of '78, Arista, 1996], the decade ended with Manilow recording a tribute to Frank Sinatra [Manilow Sings Sinatra, Arista, 1998].

After the start of the new millennium, Manilow left Arista records for Concord Records, a jazz-oriented label in California, and started work on the long-anticipated "Here at the Mayflower" album. The album was another eclectic mix of styles, almost entirely composed and produced by Manilow himself. 2004 saw the release of both a live album [2Nights Live!, BMG Strategic Marketing Group, 2004], and a soundtrack album of his musicals [Scores (Songs from Copacabana and Harmony), Concord, 2004]. Two Christmas albums, many live albums and compilations have rounded out a very large body of music.

Manilow appeared as a guest judge and arranged music for American Idol on April 24, 2004, the year in which he also embarked on his "One Night Live! One Last Time!" final tour. Some fans were unhappy that Manilow charged his fans $1000 to meet him after the show, but ticket sales were robust, landing Manilow's tour into the Top Ten club for box office grosses in 2004.

Although not all Manilow's hits were written by him (the most notable instance, ironically, being "I Write The Songs", actually written by lyricist Bruce Johnston), he co-wrote, with lyricist Bruce Sussman, a musical, Harmony, which was originally scheduled to preview in Philadelphia in 2003. After financial difficulties and a legal battle, Manilow and Sussman won back the rights to the musical. It is currently unknown when the musical is slated to reach Broadway.

On the heels of his 'Farewell' tour, Manilow opened a standing show in Las Vegas in 2005 at the Las Vegas Hilton, according to Newsweek and MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6919090/site/newsweek/). Adding to the show's Vegas-y feel was Manilow's audience interaction and - his crotch-grabbing dance move during "Copacabana."

Manilow has appeared in two movies. He portrayed Tony in a 1985 made-for-television film based on "Copacabana" (Annette O'Toole was Lola and Joseph Bologna was Rico). He also portrayed himself in the 2002 Kathy Bates-Rupert Everett comedy "Unconditional Love", in which Manilow's hit "Can't Smile Without You" plays a key role in the plot. He co-wrote the Broadway-style muscial scores for the animated films "The Pebble and the Penguin" (1995) and "Thumbelina (1994)." Manilow hits have figured prominently in several films such as "Foul Play" and "Serial Mom".

Manilow made an appearance (performing Can't Smile Without You, Mandy, I Write The Songs and songs from his latest album) on the Oprah Winfrey show on 7th April 2005.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Manilow



I Write The Songs Lyrics
Artist: Barry Manilow




-Artist: Barry Manilow as sung on "Greatest Hits" -Arista A2L 8601
-peak Billboard position # 1 in 1976
-Words and Music by Bruce Johnston
(apparently Barry *doesn't* "write the songs"!) :-)

I've been alive forever, and I wrote the very first song
I put the words and the melodies together
I am music and I write the songs

CHORUS
I write the songs that make the whole world sing
I write the songs of love and special things
I write the songs that make the young girls cry
I write the songs, I write the songs



My home lies deep within you
And I've got my own place in your soul
Now, when I look out through your eyes
I'm young again, even though I'm very old

CHORUS

Oh my music makes you dance
And gives you spirit to take a chance
And I wrote some rock 'n' roll so you can move
Music fills your heart
Well, that's a real fine place to start
It's from me it's for you
It's from you, it's for me
It's a worldwide symphony

CHORUS
CHORUS

I am Music (music) and I write the songs
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Raggedyaggie
 
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Reply Fri 17 Jun, 2005 05:56 am
Good Morning, WA2K.

Ah Bob, you fooled me. I thought you would choose Dean Martin. I friend of mine is attending an all day tribute/celebration to Dean tomorrow in Steubenville, Ohio. Nothing but Dean Martin music all day long, everywhere you go. He says he had a great time last year. That's Amore. Very Happy

June 17 birthday celebrities:

1239 Edward I king of England (1272-1307); died 1307
1703 John Wesley, theologian/evangelist and founder of Methodism (Epworth, England; died 1791)
1818 Charles Gounod Paris, France, opera composer (Faust) died 1893
1882 Igor Stravinsky, composer (Oranienbaum, Russia; died 1971) The Rite of Spring, The Firebird, Petrushka
1902 Sammy Fain, songwriter (New York, NY; died 1989) with Irving Kahal wrote Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella and That Old Feeling; awarded Oscars for Secret Love and Love Is a Many Spendored Thing 1904 1902 Ralph Bellamy, actor (Chicago, IL; died 1991)
1910 Red Foley Blue Lick Ky, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington) died 1968
1914 John Hersey, novelist/journalist (Tientsin, China; died 1993); A Bell for Adano; The Wall, et al 1917 Dean Martin, actor/singer (Steubenville, OH; died 1995)
1920 Beryl Reid actress (Joseph Andrews, Psycho Mania, Yellowbeard
1928 James Brown rocker (Hot Pants)
1943 Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House (Harrisburg, PA)
1946 Barry Manilow, singer/songwriter (New York, NY)
1948 Phylicia Rashad, actress (Houston, TX) TV Cosby Show; B'Way, Tony for Raisin in the Sun; Gem of the Ocean, 1951 Joe Piscopo, comedian (Passaic, NJ)
1963 Greg Kinnear, actor/TV personality (Logansport, IN) As Good As It Gets
1965 Dan Jansen, Olympic champion speed skater (West Allis, WI)
1966 Jason Patric, actor (Queens, NY)
1977 Jason Miller Silver Springs Md, actor (New Mickey Mouse Club)
1980 Venus Williams, tennis player (Lynwood, CA)

http://www.cfhf.net/lyrics/images/dean.jpg
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Letty
 
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Reply Fri 17 Jun, 2005 06:56 am
Good Morning, WA2K radio.

edgar and dj, those were very lulling good night songs, but unfortunately they didn't work too well for me.

I would like some advice from my listeners on this odd situation:

Yesterday, I kept getting calls from a man who was looking for someone named Tarah. I said that he had the wrong number and there seemed to be a one digit difference. He explained that he only had one arm and it was difficult to put in the correct numbers. I was very patient, and we even laughed at the situation, but when he woke me up last night with the same story, I became very apprehensive, and stayed up most of the night. I don't want to over react, but do any of you think that I should get my telephone number changed?

Ok, enough of that.

Thanks, Bob, for the background on Barry Manilow. About the only song that I enjoyed by him was:

Ready To Take A Chance Again

You remind me I live in a shell,
Safe from the past,
and doing' okay,
but not very well.
No jolts, no surprises,
No crisis arises:
My life goes along as it should,
it's all very nice,
but not very good.
And I'm Ready To Take A Chance Again,
Ready to put my love on the line with you.
Been living with nothing to show for it;
You get what you get when you go for it,
And I'm Ready To Take Chance Again with you.
When she left me in all my despair,
I just held on,
My hopes were all gone.
Then I found you there.
And I'm Ready To Take A Chance Again,
Ready To Take A Chance Again with you,
With you.

Hey, Raggedy. I have had many call ins expressing our listeners' approval of your celeb updates. Thanks, gal. And there's a rat pack person, Dino. Trying to remember if there is anyone left out of that bunch.
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bobsmythhawk
 
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Reply Fri 17 Jun, 2005 07:40 am
Dean Martin is June 7th.

Watch the skies.

No Injuries in Fla. Goodyear Blimp Crash


CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. - A Goodyear blimp crash-landed Thursday night in an industrial park, authorities said. The two people on board were not injured.


The "Stars & Stripes" blimp went down shortly after taking off from Pompano Beach Air Park, where it is based. Both people onboard were trapped briefly while electrical crews cleared the site, authorities said.

The blimp lost most of its helium and was draped across some orange self-storage units in the industrial park. It's nose remained pointed into the air.

Bad weather may have forced the blimp down. There were thunderstorms in the area at the time, authorities said.

The
Federal Aviation Administration was investigating.

"It went right over our building and was making really loud noises," said Maryann Clark, general manager of a nearby restaurant.

The blimp is one of three Goodyear blimps based in the United States. Goodyear leases about 32 acres at the air park as a blimp base, according to the park's Web site.
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Raggedyaggie
 
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Reply Fri 17 Jun, 2005 07:46 am
Posting B.D. celebs is my pleasure, Letty. Very Happy

Joey Biship is probably the only Rat Pack survivor, but I'm not positive.

Regarding the telephone situation, when you told the caller he had the wrong number, you didn't tell him your telephone number, did you? Do you have caller I.D.?
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Letty
 
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Reply Fri 17 Jun, 2005 07:47 am
Thanks, Bob, for that info. I thought that I heard a loud hissing sound.<smile>The storms have been quite violent over our state, but it is beautiful today,folks.
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Letty
 
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Reply Fri 17 Jun, 2005 07:52 am
Well, Raggedy, I think you may be right. I'll check that out in our archives later. In the mean time a news item:

WASHINGTON - Amid new questions about President Bush's drive to topple Saddam Hussein, several House Democrats urged lawmakers on Thursday to conduct an official inquiry to determine whether the president intentionally misled Congress.

T

At a public forum where the word "impeachment" loomed large, Exhibit A was the so-called Downing Street memo, a prewar document leaked from inside the British government to The Sunday Times of London a month and a half ago. Rep. John Conyers (news, bio, voting record) of Michigan, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, organized the event.

Recounting a meeting of Prime Minister Tony Blair's national security team, the memo says the Bush administration believed that war was inevitable and was determined to use intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the ouster of Saddam.

"The intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy," one of the participants was quoted as saying at the meeting, which took place just after British officials returned from Washington.

The president "may have deliberately deceived the United States to get us into a war," Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said. "Was the president of the United States a fool or a knave?"

The Democratic congressmen were relegated to a tiny room in the bottom of the Capitol and the Republicans who run the House scheduled 11 major votes to coincide with the afternoon event.

"We have not been told the truth," Cindy Sheehan, whose soldier son was killed in Baghdad a year ago, told the Democrats. "If this administration doesn't have anything to hide, they should be down here testifying."

The White House refuses to respond to a May 5 letter from 122 congressional Democrats about whether there was a coordinated effort to "fix" the intelligence and facts around the policy, as the Downing Street memo says.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan says Conyers "is simply trying to rehash old debates."

Conyers and a half-dozen other members of Congress were stopped at the White House gate later Thursday when they hand-delivered petitions signed by 560,000 Americans who want Bush to provide a detailed response to the Downing Street memo. When Conyers couldn't get in, an anti-war demonstrator shouted, "Send Bush out!" Eventually, White House aides retrieved the petitions at the gate and took them into the West Wing.

"Quite frankly, evidence that appears to be building up points to whether or not the president has deliberately misled Congress to make the most important decision a president has to make, going to war," Rep. Charles Rangel (news, bio, voting record) of New York, senior Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, said earlier at the event on Capitol Hill.

Misleading Congress is an impeachable offense, a point that Rangel underscored by saying he's already been through two impeachments. He referred to the impeachment of President Clinton for an affair with a White House intern and of President Nixon for Watergate, even though Nixon resigned to avoid impeachment.

Conyers pointed to statements by Bush in the run-up to invasion that war would be a last resort. "The veracity of those statements has ?- to put it mildly ?- come into question," he said.

Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson said, "We are having this discussion today because we failed to have it three years ago when we went to war."

"It used to be said that democracies were difficult to mobilize for war precisely because of the debate required," Wilson said, going on to say the lack of debate in this case allowed the war to happen.

Wilson wrote a 2003 newspaper opinion piece criticizing the Bush administration's claim that Iraq had sought uranium in Niger. After the piece appeared someone in the Bush administration leaked the identity of Wilson's wife as a CIA operative, exposing her cover.

Wilson has said he believes the leak was retaliation for his critical comments. The Justice Department is investigating.

John Bonifaz, a lawyer and co-founder of a new group called AfterDowningStreet.org, said the lack of interest by congressional Republicans in the Downing Street memo is like Congress during Nixon's presidency saying "we don't want" the Watergate tapes.
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bobsmythhawk
 
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Reply Fri 17 Jun, 2005 07:55 am
Hi Letty:

I don't think you have to change phone number. Situation #1: probably made same mistake since it's awkward dialing with one arm. Situation #2: pervert getting his jollies talking to woman who would normally ignore him. Situation #3: stalker. If you have caller ID either phone company or police could get you info or recommend course of action. Keep us informed if it continues. Good luck, Sweety.
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Letty
 
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Reply Fri 17 Jun, 2005 08:02 am
Thanks, Bob. If it happens again today, I will simply call my friend in the sheriff's dept. I hate to do that, however. I was probably foolish to even discuss anything with him. Five times, however, is a bit odd.

Well, listeners. Should you have anything that you might want to discuss along these lines, give us a ring.
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