Monday, July 05, 2004

The Daily Nooner

What is the deal with Poker? Do we need 17 poker shows on television, are we this enthralled by a card game? People insult Golf and say it is boring, well then what the hell is poker. Now the game show network is having celebrity Black Jack, woo hoo I can't wait for this, second rate celebrities playing black jack. We have officially hit a new low in American television.

I read a terrific article today about wild Leopards mauling people to death in the streets of Bombay. Basically what has happened is these people believe so little in birth control that the population of Bombay has stretched the city limits into the forest region which borders the city. By doing so they have decreased the food source for predators like Leopards, so the leopards have decided to start killing people in their yards and in the streets. The leopards have done away with 14 people so far this year. Sometimes I wonder why I am happy I live in America, and this would qualify as a good reason, I do not have to worry about constant leopard attacks.

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In my quest to know more about our Independence day I will share every once in awhile some facts about the men who signed the Declaration of Independence. Here is the story of Richard Stockton, born in NJ and educated at the College of New Jersey (Princeton) he had one of the most successful law pratices in the colonies. He was elected to the Supreme Court of NJ and then was named to the Continental Congress to vote for succession from England. However, he decided to wait till the last minute to vote, because he believed in hearing all the arguments first. When the British invaded NJ he was captured and treated poorly as a prisoner of war. When released he had nothing and soon after died a pauper basically on the streets of Princeton in 1781. A true American patriot, Richard Stockton, signer of the Declaration of Independence.

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