Articles: Lincoln Immortal?….. “Most students do not know that a score of years is twenty and, therefore, that Lincoln in 1863 references the year 1776 and the Declaration of Independence. And instead…”

…..The typical college student does not know Lincoln. The phrase “Four score and seven years ago” from the Gettysburg Address is that one fine morsel that begets familiarity, but without meaning or significance.

 

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Abraham Lincoln, Republican candidate for the presidency, 1860 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

 

 

Most students do not know that a score of years is twenty and, therefore, that Lincoln in 1863 references the year 1776 and the Declaration of Independence.

 

And instead of simply saying, for instance, “Eighty-seven years ago,” Lincoln deliberately chooses to use the Biblical language of Psalm 90, demonstrating that the time since the founding exceeds the allotted lifetime of man. As time separated those of Lincoln’s generation from the founders, so too has time separated our own generation from Lincoln. But now the gulf is much greater.

 

 

 

Why God Created the GOP….. (GyG: See Stang: Red From The Start…Related Articles)

“God put the Republican Party on earth to cut taxes. If they don’t do that, they have no useful function.”

 

Columnist Robert Novak was speaking of the party that embraced the revolution of Ronald Reagan, who had hung a portrait of Calvin Coolidge in his Cabinet Room and set about cutting income tax rates to 28 percent.

 

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But, to be historically precise, the GOP was not put here to cut taxes. From infancy in the 1850s, its mission was to halt the spread of slavery. From 1865 to 1929, it was the party of high tariffs. Mission: Build the nation and protect U.S. industry and the wages of American workers.

 

The Five Black Presidents of The United States Of America « CITIZEN.BLOGGER.1984+ GUNNY.G BLOG.EMAIL

Joel A. Rogers and Dr. Auset Bakhufu have both written books documenting that at least five former presidents of the United States had Black people among their ancestors.

If one considers the fact that European men far outnumbered European women during the founding of this country, and that the rape and impregnation of an African female slave was not considered a crime, it is even more surprising that these two authors could not document Black ancestors among an ever larger number of former presidents.

(The 5 Black Presidents of the USA…) Black People And Their Place In World History

Joel A. Rogers and Dr. Auset Bakhufu have both written books documenting that at least five former presidents of the United States had Black people among their ancestors.

If one considers the fact that European men far outnumbered European women during the founding of this country, and that the rape and impregnation of an African female slave was not considered a crime, it is even more surprising that these two authors could not document Black ancestors among an ever larger number of former presidents. The president’s names include Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Warren Harding, and Calvin Coolidge.

White House Website Gone Wild

We’ll never know what Ronald Reagan would have done with WhiteHouse.gov, the official website of the White House

But I know my father wouldn’t be abusing it the way Barack Obama is.

WhiteHouse.gov is owned and operated by the federal government, but the incumbent gets to run it and design it to his own political tastes.

Like nearly anything the federal government touches, the White House website is a decent idea gone bad.

Ronald Reagan wearing cowboy hat at Rancho del Cielo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

It should be a handy place where the average over-taxed citizen or liberal newsman can find the latest news and information about the outrageous doings of the current president and his administration. But it’s become just another political tool — a permanent campaign ad for the incumbent.

Obama’s fatal flaw revealed in White House website’s presidential bios

Obama’s fatal flaw revealed in White House website’s presidential bios

Fox News ^ | 5/16/2012 | By Arthur Herman

Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 5:39:19 PM by tobyhill

Everyone knows presidents have larger-than-life size egos. It goes with the job. But changes on the official White House website reveal that we’ve never had a self-regarding narcissist quite like the Oval Office’s current occupant.

They also reveal a fatal flaw in the Obama presidency, which is bad news for the rest of us if Barack Obama wins a second term.

Barack Obama delivers a speech at the University of Southern California (Video of the speech) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

It seems the Obama team has been taking the website’s standard biographies of past presidents and inserting gratuitous references to our Beloved Leader.

(…”It’s helped him attain the second-highest office in the free world”…) Obama’s glory was inevitable, says Obama

I need to start this off with a confession: Sometimes I feel guilty about mocking Obama’s narcissism. It’s not like he can help it.

Barack Obama delivers a speech at the University of Southern California (Video of the speech) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

It’s just who he is. It’s helped him attain the second-highest office in the free world, but it’s also a curse he can’t escape. Should I really keep making fun of him for it? Shouldn’t I give him a break already?

All about me: Obama ‘stealing Reagan’s glory’

Barack Obama has been accused of “vandalizing” the presidential biographies posted on the official White House website by injecting his own personal agenda into the details of what past leaders accomplished.

On the page with Ronald Reagan’s biography, for example, it states: “In a June 28, 1985 speech Reagan called for a fairer tax code, one where a multi-millionaire did not have a lower tax rate than his secretary.”

Then Obama has added, “Today, President Obama is calling for the same with the Buffett Rule.”

“This is a truly disgraceful behavior,” wrote Examiner Senior Editorial Writer Philip Klein.

“Put aside the fact that what Reagan was proposing in 1985 had nothing to do with the Buffett Rule. Obama should not vandalize his predecessors’ biographies to promote his own agenda,” he wrote.

“Obviously, as president, Obama can use the tools of the White House to advance his goals. But at the same time, all presidents are to some extent guardians of the institution,” he continued. “Sure, a lot of the White House website is naturally going to be used to promote Obama, but there are some areas that should be considered neutral ground – one of them being the history sections.

Is It Time for the Tea Party to Start Its Own Political Party?

A couple of years ago, when people started mentioning the idea of the Tea Party becoming its own stand-alone political party, I immediately thought it was a bad idea, one that would guarantee victory to the Democrats.

But lately, thanks to the establishment trying to ram Democrat-lite Mitt Romney down our throats, I’ve started thinking it might not actually be a bad idea and might actually increase the chance of a conservative taking the White House.

Right now, the establishment of the GOP has a laser focus on appealing to moderates, the thought being that the base of the party is going to fall in line and then with independents, they can win the election, their sole ultimate goal (it’s pretty clear now they don’t actually care what the GOP candidate actually believes in just as long as he wins the election and then repays them with favors, political appointments, access etc.).

America Is In Desperate Need Of A Revolution

America Is In Desperate Need Of A Revolution

TMO ^ | 1-5-2012 | Money Morning

Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2012 3:24:13 PM by blam

America Is In Desperate Need Of A Revolution

Politics / US Politics

Jan 05, 2012 – 06:37 AM

By: Money Morning

Shah Gilani writes: Rampant profiteering by Congress and greedy bankers is forcing us to weigh the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune against honesty and transparency – both of which are being trampled by crony capitalists in pursuit of the almighty dollar.

What’s at stake is whether gross criminal activity and reckless disregard for the public will continue to be whitewashed by regulators like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Federal Reserve, courts, and Congress, which encourage half-baked civil fraud charges followed by non-prosecution agreements and nickel-and-dime fines.

And even more galling, guilty parties end up neither admitting nor denying wrongdoing.

Let’s face it, we have allowed the SEC, the Fed, and Congress to be corralled as a matter of regulatory and legislative capture by the very crooks they are responsible for policing and protecting us from.

We are lying to ourselves if we do not believe that we are all part of this problem. It’s not that most of us aren’t honest. It’s that we venerate money and wealth too much.

Rather than being disgusted by dishonest manipulators, liars and cheats, we excuse the less-than-obvious perpetrators as if their example of cutting corners to get ahead, as far ahead as possible, might clear a path for some of our own pursuits.

What have we become? Are we a nation of people with liberty and justice for all, or just a bunch of money grabbers stepping on each other’s liberties to pursue self-centered happiness by becoming filthy rich?

Don’t get me wrong. There’s nothing wrong with the profit motive driving business. And there’s nothing wrong with working hard and trying to make a lot of money. Those are honorable pursuits.

Supercommittee Fight May Tell Us Whether the GOP Is Beyond Salvage

Supercommittee Fight May Tell Us Whether the GOP Is Beyond Salvage

Townhall.com ^ | November 20, 2011 | Daniel J. Mitchell

Posted on Sunday, November 20, 2011 1:48:08 PM by Kaslin

Some people have asked why I’m so agitated about the possibility that Republicans may acquiesce to tax increases as part of the Supercommittee negotiations.

Rather than get into a lengthy discourse about the proper role of the federal government or an analysis of how the Bush-Obama spending binge worsened America’s fiscal situation, I think this chart from a previous post says it all.

Republicans are considering a surrender on taxes because they are afraid that a deadlock will lead to a sequester, which would mean automatic budget savings. And the sequester, according to these politicians, would “cut” the budget too severely.

But as the chart illustrates, that is utter nonsense.

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The Five Black Presidents of The United States Of America Thomas Jefferson Andrew Jackson Abraham Lincoln WHO IS NEXT? Warren Harding Calvin Coolidge Joel A. Rogers and Dr. Auset Bakhufu have both written books documenting that at least five former presidents of the United States had Black people among their ancestors. If one considers the fact that European men far outnumbered European women during the founding of this country, and that the rape … Read More

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The Five Black Presidents of The United States Of America

The Five Black Presidents of
The United States Of America

Thomas Jefferson	Andrew Jackson	Abraham Lincoln
		WHO IS NEXT?
Warren Harding	Calvin Coolidge

Joel A. Rogers and Dr. Auset Bakhufu have both written books documenting that at least five former presidents of the United States had Black people among their ancestors. If one considers the fact that European men far outnumbered European women during the founding of this country, and that the rape and impregnation of an African female slave was not considered a crime, it is even more surprising that these two authors could not document Black ancestors among an ever larger number of former presidents. The president’s names include Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Warren Harding, and Calvin Coolidge.

1932 Bonus March – Re Patton; MacArthur; Eisenhower, etc.

The most notable domestic use of Regular troops in twenty years of peace happened in the nation’s capital in the summer of 1932. Some thousands of “Bonus Marchers” remained in Washington after the adjournment of Congress dashed their hopes for immediate payment of a bonus for military service in World War I. On July 28, when marshals and police tried to evict one group encamped near the Capitol, a riot with some bloodshed occurred. Thereupon President Herbert C. Hoover called upon the Army to intervene