Tag: eisenhower
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December 28, 2007 12:44 PM EST --
Eleanor vs. Ike by Robin Gerber
It is a time of turmoil, with the nation mired in an unpopular war in Korea and with Senator Joseph McCarthy stirring up fear of a lurking Communist "menace." . . . more
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August 29, 2008 05:12 PM EDT --
I'd like to thank WOSU TV 34 (my local PBS station) for airing coverage of the Democratic National Convention.
Although I personally find the punditry and floor coverage by MSNBC's . . . more
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January 10, 2008 06:35 PM EST --
On April 17th, 1961: 1,500 armed, anticommunist Cuban exiles landed at Playa Giron beach in the Bay of Pigs in Cuba, hoping to overthrow the Communist dictatorship government of Fidel Castro. . . . more
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June 05, 2007 04:50 PM EDT --
My dad was sent back in 1945 from France, sick and exhausted. He had fought in the Normandy Invasion and in the Battle of the Bulge. He was a captain in the Army Corps of Engineers, attached to SHAEF, . . . more
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August 31, 2007 04:05 PM EDT --
"Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our
lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master." Dwight
Eisenhower
"An eye for an eye . . . more
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March 01, 2006 04:19 PM EST --
Based on the latest polls, Bush now only has support from one-third of the country:
This from the Salt Lake City Tribune (Bush job approval at all-time low):
"Bush's . . . more
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February 25, 2007 04:03 PM EST --
Bush/Cheney must be glowing and brimming with joy...this is such fun. The arm-chair chicken hawks' back on the home front...safely nestled in the security and warmth of their' habitats have prepared . . . more
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April 24, 2007 03:29 PM EDT --
I thought it was time to re-visit this one...
From The Christian Science Monitor:
Fifty-three years ago, when newly elected Dwight
Eisenhower moved into the White House, America’s southern . . . more
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February 05, 2008 11:58 AM EST --
Eleanor Vs. Ike, the year was 1952 and the woman was Eleanor Roosevelt. Based on the true story of Eleanor Roosevelt as she becomes the first democratic woman ever to run for president. . . . more
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February 12, 2008 11:08 AM EST --
If you ever wondered what might have gone on in the minds of Eleanor Roosevelt and and the popular World War II general and war hero, Dwight D. Eisenhower, this is the book for you.
In this . . . more
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February 04, 2007 04:13 PM EST --
There's a battle unfolding in Washington. A battle between the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch. The Congress having abrogated it's constitutional prerogatives is now endeavoring to . . . more
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July 04, 2008 02:34 PM EDT --
I happened to hear a very interesting conversation on 'World Have Your Say,' in answer to the topic of whether democracy is waxing or waning in the world, and why or why not. Listening, the conversation . . . more
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April 07, 2007 11:58 AM EDT --
By Marty Salo
News Correspondent
Supposedly, on 2 April, the USS Nimitz Carrier Battle Group left the port of San Diego, ostensibly to relieve the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Battle Group, but . . . more
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December 29, 2006 02:34 PM EST --
While the nation is mourning its only president who was not elected to that office or vice president, I decided to expand on my less-than-flattering portrait of him with a jaunt through 20th-century presidents. . . . more
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February 28, 2007 07:47 PM EST --
The Bush Administration in One Sentence
Just because the Supreme Court set that poison precedent and anointed Bush, who brought in a crowd of neocon yahoos which earned no attention . . . more
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June 12, 2008 11:22 AM EDT --
Was that a small typo in my title? No. Anders Fogh Rasmussen is Denmark's prime minister.
This morning, on the Danish Ritzau News Bureau, this wire came to my attention: . . . more
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May 18, 2006 07:46 AM EDT --
ClipQuote: Dwight D. Eisenhower
"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight -- it's the size of the fight in the dog."
For more ClipQuotes, . . . more
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February 20, 2008 07:51 PM EST --
When I was just a child of five my mama said to me
let's cut your hair and perm it tight a goofball you will be
she tied me to a chair with box of Milk Wave Lilt at hand
though whines and . . . more
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April 18, 2008 08:57 AM EDT --
Daily Whine & Shine 4/18 and Weekend Chew & Stew 4/19 & 4/20
by Marilyn Mackenzie
Whether you agree with the concept or not, everyone needs to be able to vent from time to time. . . . more
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February 11, 2007 03:58 PM EST --
The Sulzberger family's NY Times is back to it's warmongering and disinformation ways. The articles below talk about sloppy journalism, but, it's much more than this...it's deliberate . . . more
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