u.s. history

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• A Bit of Thanksgiving History for Au Pair Care Au Pairs

  
  Au Pair Caf — Authority: 140
  Thanksgiving Day in the United States is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. The custom of celebrating the harvest goes back to ancient times and remains a widespread custom. Thanksgiving Day commemorates the celebration held in 1621 after the first harvest by the Plymouth Colony. The Pilgrims who ...
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• Ronald Reagan Was a Fat Child

  
  Blonder and Thinnerrrr — Authority: 113
  MY HERO. Ronald "Ronnie" "President" Reagan was born in Illinois in 1911. He was nicknamed "Dutch" by his dad because he was as fat as a little Dutchman , and also his dad was totes a douchebag probably. He was totally into some Disciples of Christ church and had his first job as a lifeguard. Supposedly he saved ...
  23 hours ago

• Legislative and Judicial Chaos -- Political Sermons the Best Remedy? Of Course

  
  Religio-Political Talk — Authority: 496
  ...He that ruleth over men, must rule in the fear of God. As if the royal prophet had said, “It is necessary, civil rulers should have upon their minds a becoming sense of God and religion: And it should govern their public conduct. Whatever they do, in their several stations, should be done under the guidance of an ...
  3 days ago

• Unemployment Rate Hits 10.2 percent ...adult men and whites hit hardest

  
  The Postal Newsgroup — Authority: 125
  Adult men and whites hit hardest by unemploymentIn October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to 15.7 million. The unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent, the highest rate since April 1983, surpassing the June 1983 rate of 10.1 percent. The unemployment rates for adult men and whites rose in ...
  4 days ago

• What books and papers literally turned history around?

  
  Millard Fillmore's Bathtub — Authority: 555
  Debating the effects  of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring got me wondering about the true influence of that book.  That quickly turned into wondering about the true influence of other writings, books and papers that might be credited with having turned around history in a given field, or in the United States (I’m ...
  4 days ago

• Another take on liberalism (and the Left)

  
  howl at pluto — Authority: 125
  Alan Wolfes The Future of Liberalism , which I reviewed earlier , is reviewed by Harold Meyerson , who also discusses Doug Rossinows Visions of Progress . The latter deals with "the left-liberal alliance of the period from 1880 through 1940," with particular reference to the Farmer-Labor parties of the 1920s and ...
  1 week ago

• Who Controls Americas Military? (2/2)

  
  RedStateEclectic — Authority: 442
  The commanding heights in the US have become a self-service store for the powerful. It is not clear whether the various clients of the US self-serving store are necessarily in conflict with one another - some may be, others not. Only consider that the Goldman Sachs -Treasury-Fed self-aggrandising clientele represents ...
  2 weeks ago

• Oath Keepers: Not on our watch!

  
  WEBSTER'S BLOGSPOT — Authority: 123
  Watch this moving video: Heres the Oath Keepers website, which Im adding to my blogroll.
  2 weeks ago

• Common Sense and Spending

  
  NoelBagwell.com — Authority: 426
  By Noel Bagwell October 24, 2009 One of the things I don’t understand is why we’re spending so much money – why we’re spending so many taxpayer dollars – on things for other countries. We provide the bulk of the national security (except police, etc.) for the entire nation of Japan. Did you know that? ...
  2 weeks ago

• When someone over-values his contribution, or non-contribution, to a cause

  
  WEBSTER'S BLOGSPOT — Authority: 123
  At the Tenth Amendment Center, we read from Tennessee Rep. Susan Lynn, a letter to the various state legislatures pronouncing Tennessees rejection of ultimate and final federal authority on questions constitutional. Particularly the Tenth Amendment provision reserving to the states all government powers not explicitly ...
  2 weeks ago

• Family History in American History Maine Ed 09

  
  Learning in Maine — Authority: 473
  by Sarah Sutter Wiki of resources for the presentation Family History in American History by Mary Ellen Bell and Sarah Sutter at Maine Ed 09. Links to tools and ideas for creating oral history projects, a great interactive immigration map, ideas for using Google Maps collaboratively and more. The slide show is ...
  3 weeks ago

• “USF Steps Up” Program Offers Half-Price Tuition to Visiting Students at Regional Campuses

  
  San Francisco Citizen — Authority: 529
  Did you know that the University of San Francisco has satellite campuses in Cupertino , San Ramon , Santa Rosa , and Sacramento *? (I didn’t.) Anyway, the Jesuits are riding to the rescue for students “trapped” by the  University of California and California State University , or something like that. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Abraham Lincoln’s Ghost Continues to Haunt the White House

  
  Margot the Marrakesh (Marrakech) Mystic — Authority: 98
  Abraham Lincoln has been seen haunting the bedrooms in the White House, his desk in the Illinois state legislature, as well as his childhood home, which has been moved to Greenfield Village in Michigan. Many séances occured in the White House under the Lincoln administration , after Lincoln’s son Willie died in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Stephen C. White Leads Seaport into the Future

  
  The Resident — Authority: 121
  Stephen C. White, President & CEO, Mystic Seaport, has a strong vision for the future of the Museum as did founder Carl C. Cutler, shown in the painting. story & photo by Alexis Ann Last January 15th, some 80 years after the story of the Mystic Seaport began with the incorporation of the Marine Historical ...
  7 weeks ago

• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

  
  My Adventures in History — Authority: 91
  The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois is a must see for anyone interested in Lincoln. My family and I were not able to visit the library since it was closed... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  8 weeks ago

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