Kirk Douglas, 101 years old today!
From September 2016:
"I was 16 when that man came to power in 1933. For almost a decade before his rise he was laughed at ― not taken seriously. He was seen as a buffoon who couldn’t possibly deceive an educated, civilized population with his nationalistic, hateful rhetoric.
The “experts” dismissed him as a joke. They were wrong.
A few weeks ago we heard words spoken in Arizona that my wife, Anne, who grew up in Germany, said chilled her to the bone. They could also have been spoken in 1933:
“We also have to be honest about the fact that not everyone who seeks to join our country will be able to successfully assimilate. It is our right as a sovereign nation to choose immigrants that we think are the likeliest to thrive and flourish here…[including] new screening tests for all applicants that include an ideological certification to make sure that those we are admitting to our country share our values…”
more :
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-road-ahead_us_57e03be4e4b08cb1409749f2
So much more at link...I simply couldn't do justice to his words in 4 paragraphs!
Happy Birthday, dearest Mr. Douglas!
x 101!
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Wise words. He was an alumni of my University. 
was very athletic. Did plenty of his own stunts.
Happy birthday Kirk.
