Also, very interesting as to how he met his fate.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stigers, Greg [And]" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Will Rogers [Was: Al Gore ...]


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> When he asked them why they needed his birth certificate, they told him it
> was as proof of his birth. He replied, "Well, I'm here, ain't I?".
>
> Will Rogers is still worth reading today, a classic that transcends the
> events of his day in so much as his humorous take on things can be (more
so
> than Doonesbury, less so than Shakespeare, although Will Rogers was a lot
> funnier than Shakespeare ;-) ). I think he was one of those individuals
who
> was mostly being serious, but had a "funny" way of looking at things.
>
> Greg Stigers
> http://www.cgiusa.com
> I never discuss politics or religiom,
> and I don't never post off-topic neither...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnson, Tracy
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: 10/23/00 1:13 PM
> Subject: Will Rogers [Was: Al Gore ...]
>
> Re: Will Rogers:
> I heard he was given a hard time getting a passport
> because he could not prove his birth.  Having been born
> on an Indian Reservation with no records.
>
> The way I heard it was more interesting than I
> relate it here.  Accchh.  Maybe someone has a better
> version.
>
> Tracy (Off-Topic?  You can bet on it) Johnson
> MSI Schaevitz Sensors