Daily Discussions on Harry S Truman Bobblehead | | Has anyone ever watched Twin Peaks? | | Now that I have direct tv my program watching has changed quite a bit due to new stations available to me now and of course one of my new favorites is the Chiller Channel! One of the programs I watch is Twin Peaks and I seem to remember that it was a series on a cable station at one time or another. Anyway, I've been getting into this one hour show but I can tell I've missed something somewhere along the way and can't figure out what it is!!!Have you ever watched the series Twin Peaks? Do you know the basic story behind it? Can you fill me in...lol????? | |
| | Who Was the Last Great President of the U. S.? | | Personally, I believe it was Harry S. Truman, a common man with common sense. He made some extremely difficult decisions in extremely difficult times. Who do think was the last great president? Kennedy? Johnson? Nixon? Ford? Carter? Reagan? Bush? Clinton? Bush? Obama? Or was it earlier than that? Washington, Lincoln, T. Roosevelt, Wilson, F. Roosevelt? | |
| | When Does Obama Become President? | | Am I wrong but does Obama become President the day that He takes office? At that time he is suppost to take the reins of Government? If this is true why does his support wine every time some one has an opion that doen't agree with him....I would like to know when he is going to stop complaining about Bush and what he did when he was in office........What he is doing is showing the people just how unfit he is to be President..That's why people are saying he is not acting like a President........He just a big fat baby and always crying that Bush did it.......Why don't he man up and start taking responiblity for the crap he has done......Harry S Truman said it the best when he said "THE BUCK STOPS HERE," Every president before him never cried and complained about the other president in history........He travels more than any other president in history, he prints more money than any other President.....He realized after he had an air plane at his disposle and a printing press........I'm being to think he doesn't like living in the White House cause he is never there......When he took the oath to be Prsident is the day that he became the President so why doesn't he man up... | |
| | Can "Dewey Defeats Truman" happen in this election? | | Weeks prior to the 1948 election, many leading editorial writers and political columnists relied on early Gallup Polls, which predicted Thomas E. Dewey's win over incumbent Harry S. Truman. In spite of all the media predictions to the contrary, even based on Gallup Polls a few weeks before the election, Truman still defeated Dewey in the presidential election. Do you think this could happen today, even with the more sophisticated forms of media and polling methods? | |
| | August 8th, this day in history | | I am continuing my day of history posts each day, perhaps you might find some of them interesting. So throughout the years on August 8th, these events have happened:
1588- English forces attacked the Spanish Armada, permanently crippling Spain's "invincible" fleet.
1815- Napoleon Bonaparte went to St. Helena to live the rest of his days in exile
1899- The refrigerator was patented by A.T. Marshall
1945- President Harry S. Truman signed the United Nations Charter,
Also in 1945 The Soviet Union declared war against Japan in WWII
1968- Richard M. Nixon was nominated for president
1969- Sharon Tate, wife of director Roman Polanski, and four others were murdered by members of Charles Manson's "family"
1974- President Richard Nixon announced he would resign after the uncovering of the Watergate Scandal
1978- The United States launched Pioneer Venus II, which carried scientific probes to study the atmosphere of Venus
1988- U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar announced a cease-fire between Iran and Iraq
I hope you enjoyed these historical facts! I'll post more tomorrow. Thanks for checking them out. | |
| | Interesting facts | | I found this using stumble, if you dont know what stumble is go to the other discussion I started named stumble lol. I especially really like the very last one lol. Yeah I know its kinda long lol.The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth.When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn't understand German.St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was not Irish.The lance ceased to be an official battle weapon in the British Army in 1927.St. John was the only one of the 12 Apostles to die a natural death.Many sailors used to wear gold earrings so that they could afford a proper burial when they died.Some very Orthodox Jew refuse to speak Hebrew, believing it to be a language reserved only for the Prophets.A South African monkey was once awarded a medal and promoted to the rank of corporal during World War I.Born 4 January 1838, General Tom Thumb's growth slowed at the age of 6 months, at 5 years he was signed to the circus by P.T. Barnum, and at adulthood reached a height of only 1 metre.Because they had no proper rubbish disposal system, the streets of ancient Mesopotamia became... | |
| | Can You Believe This? | | Brad and Angelina's Political Family Tree
By Sarah Hall Wed 26/03/08 (From an MSN article)
Forget voting along party lines in the upcoming presidential election—Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt could vote along bloodlines, if they were so inclined.
Researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society have discovered that Jolie is distantly related to Hillary Clinton, while Pitt is a cousin of Barack Obama.
Jolie and Clinton are ninth cousins, twice removed, while Pitt and Obama are ninth cousins, according to a genealogical study conducted over the last three years.
In addition to her kinship with Jolie, Clinton is also related to Madonna, Celine Dion and Alanis Morissette, researchers found. Other cousins include Camilla Parker-Bowles and Jack Keroauc.
Obama, on the other hand, shares his ancestry with six U.S. presidents, including current Commander-in-Chief George W. Bush and his father, George H.W. Bush.
Other far-reaching Obama relations include Gerald Ford, Lyndon Johnson, Harry S. Truman and James Madison, as well as Vice President D!ck Cheney and Sir Winston Churchill.
Republican candidate John McCain's family tree proved tougher to trace, as records on his... | |
| | The Unconstitutionality of the National Day of Prayer | | Even though I am not a religious person, I believe fully in a person's right to practice whatever religion they wish. I'm not offended by the practice of religion, of hey, if a person wants to pray, then go right ahead; you're not stepping on my toes by praying.However, there is a line that should not be crossed when it comes to religion, and that line is drawn in the first amendment with this clause: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, nor prohibiting the free excercise thereof..."Wanna pray? That's cool, do it wherever and whenever you want. However, this is America, and you do not need a governmentally endorsed day to pray to whatever God or philosophical force you worship. Somehow, though, good ol' Harry S. Truman thought is was necessary to sign a specific day of prayer into a law for the United States back in 1952. It's not enough that you can drop down to your knees and pray to (insert deity here) any time you want...somehow the U.S needed an actual government endorsed day of prayer. The problem is, the government isn't supposed to make laws concerning religion, period. It should neither restrict nor endorse any religion... | |
| | Global warming | | Global warming is a hotly contested debate among scientists, politicians, wannabe weathermen and the public in general. The basic question: "Is it hot or not?"
While this site has won many accolades on the accuracy of our factoids and histroids - after all, we have been churning out factoids or radio stations, newspaper, etc. since 1984 - when reporting on the issue of global warming we thought it best to keep the wit of others in mind and follow the ancient Chinese proverb: To prophesy is extremely difficult - especially with regard to the future.
Of course, when a topic creates a huge buzz, one cannot help but wonder about it. Correctly so, for as a Greek proverb would have it: Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. Is it hot or is it not? Is there enough food or water or oil? Why are politicians making global warming an election issue? Perhaps Harry S Truman knew the answer: "If you can't convince them, confuse them."
What of thoughts you? | |
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