Tag: almanac
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December 13, 2008 04:45 PM EST --
Bush History on this Date: 12/13
Now thru Inauguration Day, I hope we can better appreciate the value of a new president by reliving the history of the current one. On this date in Bush History, . . .
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November 28, 2007 12:24 PM EST --
On This Date in Bush History-11/28: Wrongs Admitted
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." Abraham Lincoln
2005: In a seeming . . .
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November 04, 2008 12:37 AM EST --
Not too many years ago, the farmers always planted, pruned and harvested by the signs of the moon. Today this method is still used but not as much as it once was. The information is still available . . .
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November 30, 2007 12:09 PM EST --
On This Date in Bush History-11/30: Gitmo Torture
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable . . .
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December 02, 2007 11:24 AM EST --
On This Date in Bush History 12/2: "the worst of the presidents"
"This is historic times." President Bush, April 20th 2004
2002: White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer . . .
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December 03, 2007 12:24 PM EST --
On This Date in Bush History 12/3: Brownie's FEMA
"He has chang'd his one ey'd horse for a blind one." Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac, 1733
2001: President . . .
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December 05, 2007 11:35 AM EST --
On This Date in Bush History 12/5: Angering Allies
2005: Secretary of State Rice visits Europe today to "highlight ... U.S. efforts to partner with Europe". Achieving such cooperation . . .
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December 06, 2007 10:52 AM EST --
On This Date in Bush History 12/6: Gifts to the Rich
2002: Bush Treasury Secretary (and former Alcoa head) Paul O'Neill resigns today. A book on O'Neill by former Wall Street Journal reporter . . .
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December 08, 2007 02:00 PM EST --
On This Date in Bush History 12/8: A Soldier's Plea
"Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty." Benjamin Franklin's Thirteen Virtues
2004: . . .
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December 10, 2007 12:01 PM EST --
On This Date in Bush History 12/10: Competence Punished
2001: President Bush says today, "I couldn’t imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah." . . .
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December 11, 2007 10:25 AM EST --
On This Date in Bush History 12/11: Big Threats, Small Actions
"Well done is better than well said." Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1737
2001: President George . . .
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December 18, 2007 10:09 AM EST --
On this Date in Bush History 12/18: "facts are stubborn things"
"It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one." George Washington
2005: President Bush, speaking of Iraq . . .
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December 19, 2007 10:53 AM EST --
On this Date in Bush History 12/19: "So long as I'm the dictator
"Let me put it to you bluntly. In a changing world, we want more people to have control over your own life." President . . .
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December 20, 2007 11:32 AM EST --
On this Date in Bush History 12/20: "amateurish & unreliable"
2000: President-elect Bush says today: "Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature, because . . .
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December 21, 2007 06:20 PM EST --
On this Date in Bush History 12/21: Jack's Enablers
"There is neither honour nor gain, got in dealing with a vil-lain." Ben Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac, 1733
2005: . . .
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December 22, 2007 11:36 AM EST --
On this Date in Bush History 12/22: Screw the Sick!
2004: Newspapers today cover yesterday's release of a Bush administration report on the importation of medicines from countries like Canada. . . .
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December 26, 2007 11:20 AM EST --
On This Date in Bush History 12/26: Ford on Bush
"Would you live with ease, Do what you ought, and not what you please." Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac, 1734
2003: . . .
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December 31, 2007 11:10 AM EST --
On This Date in Bush History 12/31: Cheeseburger Resolutions
"But all in all, it's been a fabulous year for Laura and me." President Bush, speaking December 20th 2001, a little over . . .
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December 14, 2007 05:59 PM EST --
On this Date in Bush History 12/14: Poor Performance-Great Reward
"Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honour, make Men ridiculous." Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac, 1736 . . .
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December 23, 2007 10:53 AM EST --
On this Date in Bush History 12/23: Your Tax Dollars Distorting Data
2003: President Bush's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today issues the "National Healthcare Disparities . . .
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