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A Thought for Today
As a democracy we will always do what it
takes to ensure our freedom and our hard won way of life. As a friend to
freedom loving countries everywhere we must help them in their struggles
as they have always helped us.
Rod is in the studio today.
Details of Rod's next
appearance can be obtained by following the link below.
"Tap
Your Troubles Away" - the music of Jerry Herman
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Rosh
Hashanah Begins at Sundown
Anne Bancroft o
George Blanda o
Mark Brunell o
Warren Burger o
Jerry Colonna o
Ken Kesey o
Dorothy Loudon o
Roddy McDowall o
Stirling Moss o
Frank O’Connor o
Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson o
John Ritter o
Rita Rudner o
Frederick Von Steuben o
Thomas Stafford o
Ben Turpin o
Hank Williams, Sr. o
William Carlos Williams |
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A
sunset missed is gone, but tomorrow’s promise lingers.
Science should not cheat imagination, but
further it.
No peace is ever perfect, and no war is ever
won.
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WAR IS NOT |
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War is not
the murderer,
it is peace.
The waiting for war
the restlessness
men of war have
when there is no fight
no false crusade.
Peace,
it might be argued,
is the killer.
Without contentment
to fire war
there would be no battle.
A circle.
Peace is not a promise,
only a time
for reloading.
I do not expect
that this will change
within my lifetime,
or my son’s sons.
I do not expect
miracles or marvels,
but I know
what war is not
and it is not.
Some wonder in the act of war
still lingers for mankind
after all this time.
And could it be defined,
set down as to its reasons,
perhaps it could be bottled up
or filed away
or even willed away by loving.
But while some men
having tasted so much war
and some who’ve never
bitten battle
still walk among us,
there will always be
mysteries to be
found out.
Does the arrow pierce
and does the cannon sting
and can a private madness
dwelling in one man’s head
be stopped by firing over
heads of men he’ll never know,
or better still into their hearts.
- from “Beyond the Boardwalk,” 1975, 1976 |
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