Daily Dose of Nonsense: Medal of Freedom

Bonehead Tip of the Day: Instead of making 20 laws on texting, just ban it in the car. Or just ban it for everyone else but you. That's right. Laws and rules do not apply to everyone.

The List: Presidential Medal of Freedom:
President George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st President of the United States.
Congressman John John Lewis is an American hero and a giant of the Civil Rights Movement.
John H. Adams co-founded the Natural Resources Defense Council in 1970.
Dr. Maya Angelou is a prominent and celebrated author, poet, educator, producer, actress, filmmaker, and civil rights activist, who is currently the Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University.
Warren Buffett is an American investor, industrialist, and philanthropist. He is one of the most successful investors in the world.
American artist Jasper Johns has produced a distinguished body of work dealing with themes of perception and identity since the mid-1950s.
Gerda Weissmann Klein is a Jewish Holocaust survivor who has written several books about her experiences. Af
Dr. Tom Little (Posthumous) was an optometrist who was brutally murdered on August 6, 2010, by the Taliban in the Kuran Wa Munjan district of Badakhshan, Afghanistan, along with nine other members of a team.
Yo-Yo Ma is considered the world's greatest living cellist, recognized as a prodigy since the age of five whose celebrity transcends the world of classical music.
Sylvia Mendez is a civil rights activist of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent.
Stan "The Man" Musial is a baseball legend and Hall of Fame first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Bill Russell is the former Boston Celtics' Captain who almost single-handedly redefined the game of basketball.
In 1974, Jean Kennedy Smith founded VSA, a non-profit organization affiliated with the John F. Kennedy Center that promotes the artistic talents of children, youth and adults with disabilities.
John J. Sweeney is the current President Emeritus of the AFL-CIO.
Source: The White House

Trivia: The hyoid bone is the only bone that doesn't touch another bone. Meanwhile, the sartorius is the longest muscle in your body. Shakespeare did act, too.

Closer: When they say we all share the pain, have them explain it.