You have a right to fail, as Wile E. Coyote demonstrates — another one-minute Public Service Announcement from Warner Bros., circa 1986.
Also see Porky Pig and Petunia about women running for office, here.
Millard Fillmore's Bathtub
Striving for accuracy in history, economics, geography, education, and a little science
George Santayana (1863-1952)
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
(The Life of Reason, vol. 1: Reason in Common Sense)
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Who needs a soak in Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub?
Ed Darrell on Texas's Colorado River
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- The Testing Camera. Really just a fable?
- Close one: Turns out Obama’s not the antichrist
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We've been soaking in the Bathtub for several months, long enough that some of the links we've used have gone to the Great Internet in the Sky. If you find a dead link, please leave a comment to that post, and tell us what link has expired. Thanks!Currently warm bathing (top posts)
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- True story: Yellow Rose of Texas, and the Battle of San Jacinto
- Just stay quiet: Poster hoax about the Pledge of Allegiance
- Historical fiction: Churchill and Fleming, and antibiotics
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You are here in history:
Fixed, Lorry! Thanks for noticing.
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Thanks, Lorry. Alas, I am not at a computer where I can fix that right now.
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The link that seems intended to be about women running for office takes me to the same video that is embedded in the post.
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Great! Coyote demonstrate is very briefly and very well…
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Bugs and Daffy said; “The constitution works for everyone!” Yosemite Sam chimes in: “Even kids!” But we do a pretty poor job of letting kids experiment with basic freedoms in our schools. Disruption is the worst sin of all (understandable when you’re trying to run a school) so anything from a provocative t-shirt to a dumb hairstyle can get you in trouble.
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