Anybody know what today, May 5 is?? Yea I know somebody will say Tuesday!
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Anybody know what today, May 5 is?? Yea I know somebody will say Tuesday!
Robert Harbingerdinger's birthday?
Yea, It's Dog day. This is the day my best friend goes to the vet. My dog Buttons...........................
Roy
I mean on a national level!
You mean the anniversary of when the Mexicans beat the French?
It's not like the French are known for their tenacity...
"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." - Ronald Reagan
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
Those who fail to study history are doomed to repeat it.
“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity”. Sigmund
Freud
a fairly unimportant day in the US. i dont celebrate mexican holdays.
Cinco de Mayo. At least we don't have Frenchies on both borders.
It is National Teacher Appreciation Day!!! I figure only we teachers know that!!!!
ummm my ex's birthday :P ( among other things ...)
Je suis Charlie
if it was easy would it be as worthy ? or as long of lasting impression ? the hardest of lessons are the best of teachers [shrugz]" To sit in judgment of those things which you perceive to be wrong or imperfect is to be one more person who is part of judgment, evil or imperfection."
Wayne Dyer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLzFhOslZPM
Today is our 11 year old granddaughter's birthday. Grand she is for sure. Up until she came along we had just done boys with two sons and a grandson. A girl definitely changes things.
Mark 5:34 And He said to her (Jesus speaking), "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace and be healed of your affliction."
Alan Shepard became the first American to travel into space on a sub-orbital flight.
"An armed society is a polite society" R.A. Heinlein 1907 - 1988
Yeah, the Germans have holidays for when they beat the French: Sontag, Montag, dienstag, Mittwoch...Originally Posted by Sweetpea
dale in Louisiana
The start of Nurses Week, thank you
Actually Cinco de Mayo celebrates the first time Mexican forces were not defeated by the French. Fought to a draw. Mexican forces did this well being led by Gen'l Zaragosa... born in what would become Goliad, TX. So, you see, it IS a proper Texas holiday and I certainly intend to celebrate it as such. Whiskey is indicated.
It irks me a bit when people base their opinion of the French armed forces on their less than stellar preformance in WWII. Remeber that France hosted WWI, and that took more out the country than 20 years could solve. For a better picture of France's fighting ability, look at Napoleon I. To beat him, you either had to pit all the rest of Europe against him (Crimea), or completly destroy the countryside ahead of him so the soldiers could not locate food (Waterloo).
[End rant]
"It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone to believe anything on insufficient evidence."
-W. K. Clifford "The Ethics of Belief"
"They hate you if you're clever, and they despise a fool."
-John Lennon "A Working Class Hero"
it isn't even an event in mexico, they just make a foot note of the day they beat 14 French guy's [probably coming out of a saloon]
To many American's, it's just another day to eat drink and be merry...like St. Patricks Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and the 4th of July.
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“If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.”
― The Dalai Lama, Seattle Times, May 2001
Keep in mind the French also helped us out in a little skirmish back in 1778.
It's the anniversary of the Battle of Williamsburg, of the Pennensula Campaign.
Wayne the Shrink
There is no 'right' that requires me to work for you or you to work for me!
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