julescrittenden.com - 2/16/2009
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Waking up on Presidents Day, 2009, quick check out the window, still looks like America out there. Obama gets a free throw today. No mockery, despite his chief of staff's revelation last week that mockery is the new statesmanship ... at least until you hit the water's edge, at which ...
C-SPAN ranks presidents: Abe still on top, new shocker at the bottom
latimesblogs.latimes.com 2/16/2009 — Today is President's Day, that sacred holiday on the United States calendar devoted to honoring the births of the two most important presidents in the nation's history by selling bed linens and used automobiles at discount prices.
There was a ...
Monday Morning Open Thread
americablog.com 2/16/2009 — Good morning. It's Presidents Day (or Presidents' Day or even President's Day). However one writes it, isn't it refreshing who makes us proud of the office again? It's been a long time. And, it's been hard to "celebrate" a holiday about presidents, even one that honored truly great Presidents, ...
Ranking Presidents —
The Monkey Cage
In honor of President’s Day, here is the latest ranking of Presidents by a group of historians. The data are here , with some explanation. Of course, I’d rather see a graph of the overall “scores” rather than a list with misleading rankings.
The graph shows that ...
Presidents Day Open Thread —
TalkLeft
Today is Presidents Day. The Presidents honored are Washington and Lincoln, surely two of our greatest. FDR was born on January 30, close enough I think to add to this day's celebration. Anyway, I think so. Also, today is the 105th anniversary of the birth of George Kennan . This is an Open ...
My Bipartisan Presidents Day Salute —
Politics Daily
It's Presidents Day, and rather than writing the perfunctory post about my hero Ronald Reagan, in the spirit of bipartisanship, I thought I would recommend a couple of excellent books about 20th century Democratic presidents. Jon Meachum's " Franklin and Winston " is a superb look at the ...
Hugh Hewitt: The Presidents —
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
While California waits to see if GOP State Senatro Able Maldonado becomes the guy who killed the Golden State's economy and his own political career with a vote for a staggering tax hike, we'll celebrate Presidents Day...
Gratuitous Presidents' Day Posting —
The LLama Butchers
I have long felt abandonment of the celebrations of Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays and their replacement by a generic "Presidents' Day" to be thoroughly ridiculous. On the one hand, I have no particular desire to celebrate the office as such:...
Hot or Not: Presidents' Day Ediiton —
Hit & Run
This year's Presidents' Day game: Ignoring Obama, who hasn't accumulated enough of a record to compete, rate the post-World War II presidents from least bad to worst. If you'd like, you can segregate them by party. To start the arguments, here's my Democratic ballot: Carter Clinton Kennedy ...
George Washington Guilty of Everything —
Wonkette » top
It’s the Presidents’ Day Sale Day, of course, which is why you’re not at work reading Wonkette. But experts say the federal holiday is actually to remember one of the first American presidents, George Washington. Let’s remember the good times and the bad, like when his ...
Presidents Day. 2009. Wow. Myriad Miscellany. —
The Latest on Air America
Happy Presidents Day. Whatever.
Did you see where 44 and the First Lady dined over the weekend? TableFifty-Two , owned by culinary Art Smith, a recent guest on my show.
My mother says, “If you can’t read, you can’t buy soup.” If you can’t read, two great movies aren’t for you. Gomorrah ...
Mudville Gazette: Presidential Quotes —
Victory Caucus -- All Content
For Presidents Day: a collection of non-political quotes from Presidents of the United States. While many of these probably arent the most memorable, most are at least thought provoking, and all capture some small part of the American philosophy. (Speaking of which: Philosophy is common sense ...
Who Was Our Greatest President? —
Politics Daily
Happy Presidents Day! C-SPAN, the network that brought you Lindsey Graham's Christian Bale impersonation and " nap time with Robert C. Byrd ," has just surveyed 65 leading historians in hopes of ranking America's presidents from best to worst. Well the historians have weighed in (having ...
Happy Valentine's Day —
blonde sagacity
...the boys are on the 5th day of their Amoxi and I'm on the 3rd day of my Z-Pac and...I can swallow without wanting to chop my own head off! Forget the Presidents...why doesn't Alexander Fleming have a holiday?! Anyway, instead of a V-day quiz I decided to find out what GS cookie I would be... ...
More Bad Poetry For Presidents' Day —
ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
I just found this one while looking for something quite different. It was written on Presidents' Day some years ago, and it's still as bad as then: All these holidays for men -- We shop and shop and shop. Not thinking of the days when We work and never stop To buy ourselves the needed rest to ...
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