Tag Archives: president
around the internet, february 09
This is a website cataloging all kinds of Web 2.0 services. A quick congrats to Stump, the winner of the Westminster Dog Show. Stump, a Sussex Spaniel, is ten years old and is the oldest dog ever to win the … Continue reading
woodrow wilson
From my mother’s page-a-day calendar: Before he became President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson was a college professor. From 1902 to 1910, he served as president of Princeton University. During his tenure at Princeton, one of his duties was … Continue reading
politics and the media
From Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit, via Little Green Footballs: “‘Off the record, every suspicion you have about MSM being in the tank for O is true. We have a team of 4 people going thru dumpsters in Alaska and 4 … Continue reading
Tagged Alaska, CNN, Editor, Glenn Reynolds, media darling, NBC, news, politically, president
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seven years, a million stories
I’ve been thinking all day about what to write. This is such an intensely powerful and tragic day in our nation’s history. There are no words to describe this day. All I can say is a gentle promise to those … Continue reading
Tagged ABC, CBS, Charlie Gipson, CNN, Diane Sawyer, history, memories, NBC, Orson Welles, Pennsylvania, Pentagon, Peter Jennings, president
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mccain, palin, and dooce
note: read this previous post for a little more background… The buzz around the blogosphere lately has been this post by Heather at Dooce.com. There’s also been a fair amount of debate at my friend Sarah’s site at alittlelessordinary.com. First … Continue reading
Posted in friends and family, writing and other jobs
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Alaska, and governor, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, becoming president, Biden, city councilwoman, Dwight Eisenhower, George Washington, Governor, Grover Cleveland, high school history teacher, Illinois State Senate, John McCain, mayor, national government, Obama, politically, president, Sarah Palin, Ulysses S. Grant, United States, United States Senate, vice president, Warren G. Harding, William Henry Harrison, Woodrow Wilson
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quote of the day, 8-5-08
From Kenny Hulshof, winner of the Republican primary for Missouri Governor, in reference to outgoing President George W. Bush and outgoing Missouri Governor Matt Blunt: It’s easy to criticize a president whose career is over and a governor who is … Continue reading
today in history, 4-30
On April 30, 1789, George Washington took the oath of office and became the first US president under the new Constitution. He was elected unanimously by the electoral college, and to this day remains the only president who has ever … Continue reading
Posted in around the world, randomness
Tagged agriculture secretary, Attorney General, Attorney General. Today, Cabinet, Congress, Department of Housing and Urban Development, George Washington, history, John Adams, Labor, Mr. President, president, Presidential Cabinet, Secretary, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Health, secretary of homeland security, secretary of housing and urban development, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Transportation, secretary of veterans affairs, state, Treasury, United States, US, USD, vice, vice president, Washington, Washington's Presidential Cabinet
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