Trump to Honor Obama!!!! The best ever!!

Where, Oh Where, to Put Obama?  Trump thought.

I got it!

George Washington, our nation's first president and leader of the American Revolution!

Abe Lincoln, honorable leader who pulled our nation through its darkest time!

Alexander Hamilton, founding father, first Secretary of

the Treasury and leader of the constitutional convention!

Andrew Jackson, "Old Hickory" fought the British in New

Orleans!

Ulysses Grant, Union army general, led the North

through the Civil War!

Ben Franklin, genius inventor, political theorist and

leading author of the Constitution.

Finally, we have someone to put on the food stamp!!!

Obama's policies put more people on welfare than any

president before him, so this placement is most appropriate.

Unlike the Nobel Peace Prize, for which he did nothing,

this is an "honor" he richly deserves.

Quote of the Day, Any Day, Any Time

"America does not need to see the tax return of a billionaire who became a public servant.

America needs to see the tax returns of public servants who became millionaires while being public servants." 

Special thanks goes out to Bruce Klein for sharing this great news.  Many thanks my friend.

Happy President’s Day - 2013

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By Diane Forrest

For February being such a short month, it is packed full of holidays!  The month starts with Groundhog Day, he saw his shadow, which meant an early spring. But I guess Mother Nature didn't get the memo it’s snowing up north, and very cold here in the south.  Then on the 14th we celebrate Valentines Day, and now its President's Day!  This day is on the list of one of my son's favorite holidays.  Since he works at a bank, any holiday that allows a Monday off work is a favorite.

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According to history.com, Presidents’ Day is an American holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February. Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, it is still officially called “Washington’s Birthday” by the federal government. Traditionally celebrated on February 22—Washington’s actual day of birth—the holiday became popularly known as Presidents’ Day after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers. While several states still have individual holidays honoring the birthdays of Washington, Abraham Lincoln and other figures, Presidents’ Day is now popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all U.S. presidents past and present.

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One of the most popular ways to celebrate President's Day is attending one of the sales at the local mall, however in some states, Presidents’ Day is used by many patriotic and historical groups as a date for staging celebrations, reenactments and other events. A number of states also require that their public schools spend the days leading up to Presidents’ Day teaching students about the accomplishments of the presidents, often with a focus on the lives of Washington and Lincoln.

How do you plan on spending the day?  Leave a comment and let us know.

International Children’s Book Day

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"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." ~ Frederick Douglass

By Akindman

International Children's Book Day encourages reading, and promotes the love of books for children. The best and fastest way to develop our young children into intelligent human beings is by teaching them to read. Instilling a love of reading promotes a lifetime of learning and enjoyment.

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"Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read." — Marilyn Jager Adams

International Children's Book Day is a yearly event sponsored by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), an international non-profit organization. Founded in 1967, the day is observed on or around Hans Christian Andersen's birthday, April 2. Activities include writing competitions, announcements of book awards and events with authors of children's literature.

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 "The things I want to know are in books. My best friend is the man who'll get me a book I [haven't] read." — Abraham Lincoln

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 "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go." — Dr. Seuss, "I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!"

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 "Children are made readers on the laps of their parents." — Emilie Buchwald

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"Indeed, learning to write may be a part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading." — Eudora Welty

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 "It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." — J. K. Rowling

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"So please, oh PLEASE, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install, A lovely bookshelf on the wall." — Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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"I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library." — Jorge Luis Borges

President's Day

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By Diane Forrest,

In 1800, Congress declared February 22 a federal holiday.  This day was named a federal holiday because President George Washington was born on this day. 16 presidents later, President Abraham Lincoln was in office.  He was born on February 12th.  Each state has the power to choose what holidays they wish to recognize, however, the birthday of President Lincoln was never declared a federal holiday.  Some states celebrated Washington's Birthday, some Lincoln's, some celebrated both, and some celebrated neither.  The state of Alabama even recognized Thomas Jefferson's birth.

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In order to eliminate the extra holidays, time off from work and school, it was proposed in 1968 that a joint "President's Day" would be acknowledge on the third Monday in the month of February.  The issue of this proclamation is credited to President Nixon in 1971 in order to recognize all presidents.  Legally however, it will always be known as President Washington's birthday.

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While today may not hold any special activities in your area, your kids will be out of school, and the banks will be closed, and the mail won't run, so why not go to the mall and catch a great sale on mattresses and bedding, and have a great President's Day!

Honest Abe

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By Akindman,

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and promoting economic and financial modernization. Reared in a poor family on the western frontier, Lincoln was mostly self-educated. He became a country lawyer, an Illinois state legislator, and a one-term member of the United States House of Representatives, but failed in two attempts to be elected to the United States Senate. (From Wikipedia)

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After opposing the expansion of slavery in the United States in his campaign debates and speeches, Lincoln secured the Republican nomination and was elected president in 1860. Before Lincoln took office in March, seven southern slave states declared their secession and formed the Confederacy. When war began with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, Lincoln concentrated on both the military and political dimensions of the war effort, seeking to reunify the nation. He vigorously exercised unprecedented war powers, including the arrest and detention without trial of thousands of suspected secessionists. He prevented British recognition of the Confederacy by skillfully handling the Trent affair late in 1861. He issued his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoted the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery. (From Wikipedia)

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Politically, Lincoln fought back with patronage, by pitting his opponents against each other, and by appealing to the American people with his powers of oratory. His Gettysburg Address of 1863 became the most quoted speech in American history. It was an iconic statement of America's dedication to the principles of nationalism, equal rights, liberty, and democracy. At the close of the war, Lincoln held a moderate view of Reconstruction, seeking to speedily reunite the nation through a policy of generous reconciliation in the face of lingering and bitter divisiveness. But six days after the surrender of Confederate commanding general Robert E. Lee, Lincoln was assassinated by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre. His death was the first assassination of a U.S. president and sent the northern parts of the country into mourning. Lincoln has been consistently ranked by scholars and the public as one of the three greatest U.S. presidents. (From Wikipedia)

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Here are some quick and interesting facts about Abraham Lincoln:

• He was born on February 12th 1809, and died April 15th 1865 at the age of fifty six.
• His home state is Illinois.
• His party was Republican and he was president for four years from 1861-1865, when he was assassinated.
• His vice presidents where Hannibal Hamlin and Andrew Johnson.
• He was preceded by James Buchanan and succeeded by Andrew Johnson.
• His wife was called Mary Todd Lincoln, who was brought up into a very wealthy family.
• Mary’s parents disagreed with her marrying Abraham because he had a poor background.
• Abraham had four children, Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Lincoln, Willie Lincoln, Tad Lincoln. Only Robert Todd Lincoln survived into adulthood.
• Abraham was an unaffiliated Christian as he never officially acquired church membership.
• He created a national banking system with the National Banking Act in 1863, resulting in a standardized currency.
• He was the first president to be assassinated.
• He had deep depression, even though he would frequently tell stories and jokes to friends and family.
• He was the tallest U.S president at 6ft 4 inches.
• He patented a system to alter buoyancy of steamboats in 1849.
• His birth mother died from milk sickness.
• His father remarried a widow, and Abraham was very close to his step mother.
• He ran a store in New Salem.
• Even though he was strong, a talented wrestler, and proficient with an axe, Lincoln disliked killing and harming animals, even for food.
• Lincoln proposed to Mary just one year after meeting her in Springfield 1839.
• He was the first president to have a beard.
• Lincoln, one week before his death, had a dream of someone crying in the White House, when he found the room; he looked in and asked who had passed away. The man in the room said the President. When he looked in the coffin it was his own face he saw.
• Lincoln was fond of pets, and owned horses, cats, dogs and a turkey.

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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts. ~ Abraham Lincoln