The river may be wide, but it can be crossed. – proverb from Cote d’Ivoire

I encourage you to visit online The World War One Foundation, which strives  to memorialize those who fought in the “War to End All Wars.”

“The mission of the Foundation is to advocate and raise funds for the re-dedication of the DC War Memorial as a national World War I memorial, dedicated to all those Americans who served in the Great War.”

If one person kindles the fire, others can take live coals from it.  — Ghana proverb

from Wikipedia.org: “The security advisory site Secunia reported … 24 unpatched vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 6 as of February 9, 2010. These vulnerabilities, which include several “moderately critical” ratings, amount to 17% of the total 144 security risks listed on the website as of February 11, 2010.” Why do persons continue to browse with antiquated, defective, nine-and-a-half years old Internet Explorer 6 when they could use IE7, IE 8, Firefox 2, Firefox 3, Chrome, Opera, Flock, et al?

Retired racer Bobby Unser and ‘The Captain,’ Roger Penske, were born February 20.

“No Americans have licenses to race in Formula One at the moment, sadly, because all the money in America the last 10 years has been in NASCAR.” – Peter Windsor, USF1 principal

Really? All the money in America has been in NASCAR? Or just all the money spent on racing in America has been in NASCAR? So Tony George did not spend 600 million dollars on Indy Racing League and its teams’ subsidies?  C.A.R.T. and O.W.R.S. did not spend 300 million dollars to compete?

No money was spent on Skip Barber’s racing series, Bridgestone’s racing series, Formula BMW USA, Star Mazda series, Toyota Formula Atlantic, Indy Lights, American Le Mans Series, Grand Am, SCCA Trans Am, SCCA World Challenge…?

.“Until the invention of the cell phone, I never witnessed a presumably sober driver with so little situational awareness — or sense of self-preservation — that he or she would blow a stop sign on a relatively busy country road without even casually looking both ways. Now I see it all the time. ” — Peter Egan, Side Glances in March 2010 Road And Track

If you sell a drum in your own village, you get the money and keep the
sound.  — Madagascar proverb

It’s before the drum that one learns to know the samba. – Haitian proverb