For those of us who voted for Obama, the afterglow of election night is still going strong. What didn’t goes so well on November 4 was the rights of Gays and Lesbians to love whomever they choose. It’s appalling. Thank Goodness, Keith Olbermann is just as appalled as I am because he says it best.
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Thanks to Mr. Olberman…
I love this…from Wikipedia about cultural references to Omar Khayyám:
Khayyám is quoted at the end of Clarence Darrow’s A Plea for Mercy at the trial of Leopold and Loeb. “So I be written in the Book of Love/I do not care about that Book above/Erase my name or write it as you will/So I be written in the Book of Love.”
But even better still…
In a series of “Rocky and Bullwinkle” cartoons, the story line revolves around the “Ruby Yacht of Omar Khayyam” – a jewelled toy boat.