Tom Brinkman is an American politician and a fiercely conservative
Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Cincinnati
known as "Dr. No" for his opposition to higher taxes and public
spending. Before his election to the Ohio General Assembly, he was
active in Cincinnati politics and has been popular among rank-and-file
conservatives for his strong pro-life and anti-tax stances. However,
Brinkman's reputation is of a principled but iconoclastic man who is
ineffective because he is unwilling to compromise and is unpopular
among party officials—the state chairman once told the press
"Brinkman, in my opinion, is not a very intelligent human
being"—because he has frequently challenged the Republican leadership
and even endorsed the Democratic candidate for governor in 2002.
Brinkman was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress to
replace Rob Portman in the Second District of Ohio in the special
primary held June 14, 2005, but finished third with one-fifth the
vote, losing to Jean Schmidt who ultimately won the seat.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1660:
Christopher Wren and other leading scientists met at Gresham College
in London, England and founded a learned society now known as the
Royal Society.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society)
1905:
Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith first presented his "Sinn Féin
Policy".
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Griffith)
1925:
The country music radio program Grand Ole Opry was first broadcast on
WSM radio in Nashville, USA.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry)
1943:
World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin met at the
Tehran Conference.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran_Conference)
1990:
After being elected as leader of the British Conservative Party, John
Major succeeded Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Major)
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Wikiquote of the day:
"A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees." -- William Blake
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Blake)