Bloopers are clumsy mistakes that are usually made in public. The television show ‘TV’s Bloopers and Practical Jokes’ and many blooper books are indicators of the interest we have in other people’s goofs.
Here are two from ‘All Time Great Bloopers’ by Blooper Snooper Kermit Schafer and one from ‘More Press Boners’ by Earle Tempel, and how you might use them in a presentation.
* A while back I heard about a DJ on WIOD in Miami, Flori » Read more: Public Speaking: Bloopers
How much do you appreciate your right to vote? Is it something that you truly cherish, or is it something that you just take this for granted? Consider this fact; throughout our American history, many average citizens like you and me fought for this right, and in some cases, even died for the right to vote! This is a patriotic gift from the struggles of many patriotic citizens that we should never be taken for granted.
Perhaps the most interesting portrait to appear on Confederate money is that of John E. Ward. His portrait was on a $10 bill in 1861. The irony is, although a native of Georgia and a holder of high offices, he was not in favor of secession. In fact, Mr. Ward left the South partly because he did not support the Confederate cause.
From the beginning of the Civil War, both the Union and Confederate governments resorted to p » Read more: How A Man Opposed to Succession Appeared on Confederate Money
