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uncle phil · 09-01-2010, 02:06 AM

Lydia Sigourney - September 1, 1791

“In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry of idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you train your children. Teach them right habits then, and their future life is safe.”

uncle phil · 09-02-2010, 02:29 AM

Christa McAuliffe - September 2, 1948

“I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an educator with my interests in history and space is a unique opportunity to fulfill my early fantasies.”

uncle phil · 09-03-2010, 02:21 AM

Ferdinand Porcshe - September 3, 1875

"If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself."

uncle phil · 09-04-2010, 02:41 AM

Anton Bruckner - September 4, 1824

"They want me to write differently. Certainly I could, but I must not. God has chosen me from thousands and given me, of all people, this talent. It is to Him that I must give account. How then would I stand there before Almighty God, if I followed the others and not Him?"

uncle phil · 09-05-2010, 04:18 AM

Jesse James - September 5, 1847

"I knew, however, that the next morning after the fight I would have to get away, and I did just in time, for a full company came early to look for me and were furious because I had escaped them."

uncle phil · 09-06-2010, 02:17 AM

Jane Addams - September 6, 1860

“America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live.”

uncle phil · 09-07-2010, 01:45 AM

Taylor Caldwell - September 7, 1900

“Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.”

uncle phil · 09-08-2010, 02:39 AM

Virginia Patterson Hensley - September 8, 1932

“Here's to those who wish us well and those who don't can go to hell."

uncle phil · 09-09-2010, 02:19 AM

Joe Thiesmann - September 9, 1949

“It was pow-pow, like two muzzled gunshots. That was my leg breaking.”

uncle phil · 09-10-2010, 01:58 AM

Arthur H. Compton - September 10, 1892

"Every great discovery I ever made, I gambled that the truth was there, and then I acted in faith until I could prove its existence."

uncle phil · 09-11-2010, 02:18 AM

William Sidney Porter - Septemver 11, 1862

“If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.”

uncle phil · 09-12-2010, 01:59 AM

H. L. Mencken - September 12, 1880

"A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar."

uncle phil · 09-13-2010, 02:34 AM

John J. Pershing - September 13, 1860

“A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.”

uncle phil · 09-14-2010, 02:39 AM

Constance Baker Motley - September 14, 1921

"In high school, I won a prize for an essay on tuberculosis. When I got through writing the essay, I was sure I had the disease."

sweet release · 09-14-2010, 08:41 AM

what a great idea for a thread.

really motivational

uncle phil · 09-15-2010, 02:18 AM

Robert Benchley - September 15, 1889

“A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.”

uncle phil · 09-16-2010, 03:09 AM

Louis XIV - September 16, 1638

“I am the state.”

uncle phil · 09-17-2010, 02:06 AM

Hiram King Williams - September 17, 1923

“You got to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.”

uncle phil · 09-18-2010, 03:36 AM

Greta Garbo - September 18, 1905

“Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.”

uncle phil · 09-19-2010, 02:03 AM

Frances Farmer - September 19, 1910

“Never console yourself into believing that the terror has passed, for it looms as large and evil today as it did in the despicable era of Bedlam.”

uncle phil · 09-20-2010, 01:50 AM

Upton Sinclair - September 20, 1878

“If is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”

uncle phil · 09-21-2010, 02:47 AM

Herbert George Wells - September 21, 1866

"If we don't end war, war will end us.”

uncle phil · 09-22-2010, 02:00 AM

John Houseman - September 22, 1902

“Corporate society takes care of everything. All it asks of anyone - all it has ever asked of anyone ever - is not to interfere with management decisions.”

uncle phil · 09-23-2010, 02:38 AM

Walter Lippmann - September 23, 1889

“He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.”

uncle phil · 09-24-2010, 01:53 AM

John Marshall - September 24, 1755

“To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.”

uncle phil · 09-25-2010, 02:20 AM

Phil Rizzuto - September 25, 1918

“I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they don't know. You can make up anything on the radio.”

uncle phil · 09-26-2010, 03:38 AM

John Chapman - September 26, 1774

"I could not enjoy myself better anywhere-I can lay on my back, look up at the stars and it seems almost as though I can see the angels praising God, for he has made all things for good."

uncle phil · 09-27-2010, 02:06 AM

Arthur Penn - September 27, 1922

"Life is like nothing I've ever seen."

uncle phil · 09-28-2010, 03:12 AM

Confucius - September 28, 551BC

“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”

uncle phil · 09-29-2010, 02:08 AM

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - September 29, 1547

“Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.”

uncle phil · 09-30-2010, 03:07 AM

Truman Streckfus Persons - September 30, 1924

“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”

uncle phil · 10-01-2010, 02:41 AM

James Earl Carter - October 1, 1924

“If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.”

uncle phil · 10-01-2010, 10:30 PM

Julius Henry Marx - October 2, 1890

“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.”

uncle phil · 10-03-2010, 03:56 AM

Thomas Wolfe - October 3, 1900

“A cult is a religion with no political power.”

uncle phil · 10-04-2010, 02:13 AM

Damon Runyon - October 4, 1884

“The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.”

uncle phil · 10-05-2010, 02:24 AM

Ray Kroc - October 5, 1902

“Its easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor.”

uncle phil · 10-06-2010, 02:53 AM

Jenny Lind - October 6, 1820

"My voice is still the same, and this makes me beside myself with Joy! Oh, mon Dieu, when I think what I might be able to do with it!"

uncle phil · 10-07-2010, 02:29 AM

Oliver North - October 7, 1943

“I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.”

uncle phil · 10-08-2010, 02:30 AM

Eddie Rickenbacker - October 8, 1890

“Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience.”

uncle phil · 10-09-2010, 02:37 AM

Aimee Semple McPherson - October 9, 1890

“You have no business being sick - every one of you should get well and get up and go to work, huh? Get up and go to work and earn some money and help send the gospel out! Amen!”

09-01-2010, 02:06 AM	#561 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Lydia Sigourney - September 1, 1791 “In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry of idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you train your children. Teach them right habits then, and their future life is safe.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-02-2010, 02:29 AM	#562 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Christa McAuliffe - September 2, 1948 “I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an educator with my interests in history and space is a unique opportunity to fulfill my early fantasies.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-03-2010, 02:21 AM	#563 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Ferdinand Porcshe - September 3, 1875 "If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself." __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-04-2010, 02:41 AM	#564 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Anton Bruckner - September 4, 1824 "They want me to write differently. Certainly I could, but I must not. God has chosen me from thousands and given me, of all people, this talent. It is to Him that I must give account. How then would I stand there before Almighty God, if I followed the others and not Him?" __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-05-2010, 04:18 AM	#565 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Jesse James - September 5, 1847 "I knew, however, that the next morning after the fight I would have to get away, and I did just in time, for a full company came early to look for me and were furious because I had escaped them." __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-06-2010, 02:17 AM	#566 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Jane Addams - September 6, 1860 “America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-07-2010, 01:45 AM	#567 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Taylor Caldwell - September 7, 1900 “Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-08-2010, 02:39 AM	#568 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Virginia Patterson Hensley - September 8, 1932 “Here's to those who wish us well and those who don't can go to hell." __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-09-2010, 02:19 AM	#569 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Joe Thiesmann - September 9, 1949 “It was pow-pow, like two muzzled gunshots. That was my leg breaking.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-10-2010, 01:58 AM	#570 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Arthur H. Compton - September 10, 1892 "Every great discovery I ever made, I gambled that the truth was there, and then I acted in faith until I could prove its existence." __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-11-2010, 02:18 AM	#571 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	William Sidney Porter - Septemver 11, 1862 “If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-12-2010, 01:59 AM	#572 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	H. L. Mencken - September 12, 1880 "A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar." __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. Last edited by uncle phil; 09-14-2010 at 09:49 AM..

09-13-2010, 02:34 AM	#573 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	John J. Pershing - September 13, 1860 “A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-14-2010, 02:39 AM	#574 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Constance Baker Motley - September 14, 1921 "In high school, I won a prize for an essay on tuberculosis. When I got through writing the essay, I was sure I had the disease." __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-14-2010, 08:41 AM	#575 (permalink)
sweet release Crazy Location: in a constant state of depression	what a great idea for a thread. really motivational

09-15-2010, 02:18 AM	#576 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Robert Benchley - September 15, 1889 “A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-16-2010, 03:09 AM	#577 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Louis XIV - September 16, 1638 “I am the state.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-17-2010, 02:06 AM	#578 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Hiram King Williams - September 17, 1923 “You got to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-18-2010, 03:36 AM	#579 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Greta Garbo - September 18, 1905 “Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-19-2010, 02:03 AM	#580 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Frances Farmer - September 19, 1910 “Never console yourself into believing that the terror has passed, for it looms as large and evil today as it did in the despicable era of Bedlam.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-20-2010, 01:50 AM	#581 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Upton Sinclair - September 20, 1878 “If is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-21-2010, 02:47 AM	#582 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Herbert George Wells - September 21, 1866 "If we don't end war, war will end us.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-22-2010, 02:00 AM	#583 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	John Houseman - September 22, 1902 “Corporate society takes care of everything. All it asks of anyone - all it has ever asked of anyone ever - is not to interfere with management decisions.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-23-2010, 02:38 AM	#584 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Walter Lippmann - September 23, 1889 “He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-24-2010, 01:53 AM	#585 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	John Marshall - September 24, 1755 “To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-25-2010, 02:20 AM	#586 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Phil Rizzuto - September 25, 1918 “I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they don't know. You can make up anything on the radio.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-26-2010, 03:38 AM	#587 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	John Chapman - September 26, 1774 "I could not enjoy myself better anywhere-I can lay on my back, look up at the stars and it seems almost as though I can see the angels praising God, for he has made all things for good." __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-27-2010, 02:06 AM	#588 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Arthur Penn - September 27, 1922 "Life is like nothing I've ever seen." __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. Last edited by uncle phil; 09-28-2010 at 03:10 AM.. Reason: wrong quote...

09-28-2010, 03:12 AM	#589 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Confucius - September 28, 551BC “What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-29-2010, 02:08 AM	#590 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - September 29, 1547 “Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-30-2010, 03:07 AM	#591 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Truman Streckfus Persons - September 30, 1924 “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

10-01-2010, 02:41 AM	#592 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	James Earl Carter - October 1, 1924 “If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

10-01-2010, 10:30 PM	#593 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Julius Henry Marx - October 2, 1890 “I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

10-03-2010, 03:56 AM	#594 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Thomas Wolfe - October 3, 1900 “A cult is a religion with no political power.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

10-04-2010, 02:13 AM	#595 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Damon Runyon - October 4, 1884 “The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.