the wolves. and as you know, this is no world for escapists. moral? run. don t walk. to the nearest desert island. the rabbits who caused all the trouble, by james thurber. and now to lighten the mood a little bit, from the same work, the unicorn in the garden, by james thurber. once upon a sunny morning, a man who sat in a breakfast nook looked up from his scrambled eggs to see a white unicorn with a golden horn, quietly cropping the roses in the garden. the man went up to the bedroom where his wife was still asleep and woke her. there s a unicorn in the garden, he said, eating roses. she opened ununfriendly eye and looked at him, the unicorn is a mythical beefast, she said, and turned her back on him. he walked slowly down stairs and
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did you tell your wife you saw a unicorn, asked the police. of course not, said the husband. the unicorn is a mythical beast. that s all i wanted to know, said the psychiatrist. take her away. i m sorry, sir, but your wife is as crazy as a jay bird. so they took her away, cursing and screaming, and shut her up in an institution. the husband lived happily ever after. the moral? don t count your boob ys until they are hatched. the unicorn in the garden by james thurber. we ll see what we have for you again next week. i ll tweet about it. that s countdown, portions written by james thurber. rachel maddow and the rachel maddow show is up next. i m keith olbermann. good night, and good luck.
rabbits who caused all the trouble, and the unicorn in the garden. all the news and commentary now on countdown. good evening from new york. the letter arrived at the white house today at 10:30 in the morning, and by 10:45 they were calling the president on air force one to tell him the news. in our fifth story tonight, justice john paul stevens indeed will leave the supreme court at the end of this term, setting the stage for another summertime battle over an obama nominee. stevens is the court s only military veteran, a republican. he was appointed to the court in 1975 by president ford. he will turn 90 years old later this month. an early swing vote, stevens found himself increasingly in the lead on the left. as the court has moved further and further to the right. in recent years he led the court coalition straddling ideological lines against bush/cheney abuses of executive power, most notably