More on past Presidents

I was watching a PBS special with President Harry Truman taking the three networks on a tour of the renovated White House in 1952. He stopped at a portrait of John Quincy Adams and smiled as he told the story of a woman reporter who wanted an interview with Adams.

Here’s the story.

President

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A Call To Action?

I have a friend who is politically savvy. He is neither a republican nor a democrat, but from conversations over the years I think he has supported both parties from time to time.

I wouldn’t even call him an independent. He is a lot like many Americans today who do not support the ideology

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Good Grief!

“And now, in an interview with ABC News’ Barbara Walters, Sarah Palin “says she is seriously considering a run for the White House, and she

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Inattentiveness

I heard on the news last night that Congress passed a bill that basically no one read; there was no debate, no publicity, no nothing. The bill was sent to the White House for the President’s signature. The bill would have given the banks an easier process to foreclose on millions of homes. Apparently

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Bo

There is much to do about Bo the Obama’s new dog.

I am constantly amazed, disappointed and aghast at the ignorance and arrogance of some Americans.

The media has chosen to place the dog on the front page in the newspapers and in the first section of the television broadcasts, and the Internet blogs

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President Millard Fillmore

I’m still writing about past Presidents since this is the time to think about our leaders present and past. The inauguration of Barack Obama takes place this week.

Millard Fillmore was the 13th President of the United States and he has had an image problem for years.

Some scholars say history has given Millard

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Swimming In The Buff

I was watching a PBS special recently with President Harry Truman taking the three networks on a tour of the renovated White House in 1952. He stopped at a portrait of John Quincy Adams (on the left) and smiled as he told the story of a woman reporter who wanted an interview with Adams.

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