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I had $10 in my pocket, and made the stupid remark in the snack bar that I could buy anything I wanted!
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>A small experiment in democracy ensued outside.
>Two smaller kids and one really big kid held a vote and told me that I was going to share the wealth.
>Precisely those words "Share the wealth" >
>I've got a better story. Did you hear the one about the country that held a vote and elected a man who said (30+ times), "If you like your health plan, you can keep it"...And then a year later, a few million lost their plans?
You should really pay more attention, KG. A healthy majority of Americans are happier with their health care than they were before.
I am not here to debate. Now here is something that may amuse you. Last night I had the greatest dream about Muhammad Ali. Nothing surprising there; he is reportedly the most recognized person in the world. When he goes it will be headline news around the planet. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. I don't remember him winning the Olympic gold medal, I was too young, but I remember about everything after that. In one of sport's greatest upsets he knocked out the heavyweight champ, Sonny Liston. Then he knocked him out again in the rematch in Lewiston, Maine, a fight that lasted a minute. My dad was there, paying $50 for the ticket, which was a lot of money back then, It has always been believed that Liston threw the fight to pay off gambling debts. Liston was one scary guy.
Even more memorable was his rivalry with Joe Frazier. They truly did not like each other and their fights were epic. Ali played around with it, taunting his rival. "You're ugly. I'm pretty and you're ugly." Frazier was not amused at all. He KO-ed Ali in their first fight. "You saw him over there on his ass, didn't you?" Joe said. And then there was the Thrilla in Manila. They never did come to peace even in old age, which I think is kind of sad.
It was always funny watching him joust with Howard Cosell. This was way back pre ESPN, when Wide World of Sports was the only game in town. "Hard," he called him. "Muhammad, you won that fight but I have to say you're not the man you used to be." "That's what your wife says about you." A kid from Louisvillle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs8Ls6Dx1F0
