Happy Birthday to Dubya.

We sure are having a lot of birthdays lately.

George W. Bush, born July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut.

Ummm...this is your last birthday in office, right? You'll forgive me if I check that out? One moment, please...

AMENDMENT XXII
Passed by Congress March 21, 1947. Ratified February 27, 1951.
Section 1.
"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice..."

Ok. Just checking. No offense.

Christ. I just thought of something. What if he suddenly agrees with the liberals who claim he wasn't really elected the first time, and uses that as an excuse to run again. Can he do that???

"Well, hell's bells, I was only elected once. Y'all said that yersefs. You bin sayin' it fer 8 goddam years now. Screw ya. You were right all along. So I'm runnin' agin."

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Also, on a lighter note, Grumpus reminds me that today was also the date of birth of Frida Kahlo. Thank you, Grumpus.

Also (on my own) John Paul Jones and Sylvester Stalone.

Who else? Don't want to miss anyone. Oh:

Jamie Lee Curtis' mother Janet Leigh. But she was killed in the original Psycho.

Nancy Reagan, Della Reese (happy birthday Della! Mwaaa!!)

And, popular singers Gene Chandler, 50 Cent, and the Dahli Lama. Ummm. He isn't a singer. You knew that.

Are we out of space? Good.

Taking the oath

News from the colonies yesterday...

The 4th of July is a day of parades, cookouts, fireworks, and more. It is also a day that newcomers to the U.S.A. often choose to become citizens. And other things.

(above: Little Julia White Freeman, formerly of China, takes her oath of citizenship at Montecello, Charlottesville, during a July 4th ceremony yesterday.)

(below: In Iraq, approximately 1200 U.S. soldiers choose July 4 to reenlist. The ceremony took place yesterday in one of Saddam Hussein's palaces in Baghdad.

Happy Birthday America!

Happy 232nd, U.S.A.! You don't look a day over 185!