Mystery Quote #6

Today’s Mystery Quote quiz will be in multiple choice format.  Below are several speech excerpts.  Select the speaker for each phrase from the following: (a) John F. Kennedy, (b) Barack Obama, (c) Adolf Hitler, and (d) Ronald Reagan.  Some speakers may have more than one statement.

1) True partnership and true progress requires constant work and [...]

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Sun Setting on ‘Great’ Britain

I’m usually not overly pessimistic.  I like to stay away from doom and gloom attitudes.  But the news coming from the UK is not reassuring.  I posted earlier about England’s woefully ignorance to their own history.  It seems British education is sinking lower still.  Apparently, swearing is now acceptable on written exams.  Provided spelling and [...]

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Has Sesame Street Gotten Desperate?

Last month I was working evenings so I got to be home during the day, for a change.  My 5 year old niece was watching Sesame Street (PBS remember) when I overheard a skit entitled “Desperate Houseplants”.  It featured neglected houseplants not getting “what they needed.”  Then, the Gardener appears and all the plants swoon.  [...]

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Polymath Profile: Theodore Roosevelt

A polymath really?
 
Theodore Roosevelt is most notably remembered as the 26th President of the United States.  But his polymath pursuits and ambitious appetite for success, no matter the task, are what establish him as one of the greatest Americans who ever lived.
 
His resume is quite impressive: graduated from Harvard, NY state legislature, Deputy Sheriff in [...]

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The Anti-List Manifesto

Bloggers love lists.  For some reason they are attracted to them at mosquitoes to a bug zapper.  I have made it a general rule of thumb to refrain from such activity.  First, the interest is already grossly overpopulated with best of lists of all possible flavors.  Second, if I find a really good one, I’ll [...]

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Mystery Quote #5

Here’s an Independence Day version of the Mystery Quote.  Below are several quotes that everyone patriotic American (IMHO) should know.  Let’s see if you can identify all the patriots doing the talking.  Roll those Independence Day quotes.
 
“We will not go quietly into the night…NO NO Not that Independence Day.

 Is life so dear, or peace so [...]

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Happy Fourth of July!

Happy Fourth of July everyone!  I don’t know about you, but I fell it’s great to live in the ‘States.  So go ahead, be proud and enjoy the freedom we’ve been blessed to receive.  Fire up the grill, barbeque some animal flesh, enjoy a cold frosty beverage, fly Old Glory, and crank up the John [...]

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