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PASADENA - The centennial celebration of Ronald Reagan's birthday begins New Year's Day, when a float dedicated to the 40th president will make its way down Colorado Boulevard. The 55-foot-long float is designed by Fiesta of Irwindale. It features a 26-foot-high bald eagle and 11 black-and-white photographs of Reagan, which will be decorated with onion seeds, poppy seeds and crushed sweet rice. "President Reagan always believed America's best days were ahead. At a time when many Americans look forward to a New Year with a similar optimism and pride, we at the Reagan Foundation are honored to be invited to...

The hits just keep on coming... This is the same guy who will stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon...Oh, ok... whitehouse.gov/blog President Obama sends an important message to those celebrating the Persian holiday of Nowruz, and in particular to the people and government of Iran. While recognizing our continuing differences with the Iranian government, the President outlines his commitment to a more just and hopeful future for all Iranians. To everyone celebrating Nowruz around the world, may you have a peaceful and prosperous new year. Obama: Today, I want to extend my best wishes to all who are celebrating...

On Today's Show... January 5, 2010   Mark Steyn Guest Hosted Tuesday's Show. Rush Returns on Wednesday at Noon ET » RushLimbaugh.com: Check Out Mark's Stack of Stuff for Quotes and the Latest News » Mark Gives Us the Latest on Rush's Return (Rush 24/7 Members:  Listen)   "I feel very, very fortunate. I have been treated to the best health care the world has to offer -- and that is right here in the United States of America." -Rush Limbaugh   » Video, Transcript: Rush Press Conference in Hawaii » Rush: Message to My Listeners EIB Affiliate Update for North...

It seems that the Iranian Football Federation "accidentally" sent their Israeli counterparts a Happy New Year greeting. The director of foreign relations for the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic is taking it back, calling it a "mistake."

Thoreau never had one during his lifetime. Neither did George Washington nor Albert Einstein. Today in the United States, which uses the month/day/year format for dates, there is a rare chance to celebrate a palindrome date - 01/02/2010 - which reads the same forward as it does backward. Discuss COMMENTS (40) Jan. 2, 2010, is the second such date out of 36 that occurs this millennium. The first was 10/02/2001. Aziz Inan, a University of Portland electrical engineering professor, has been studying this phenomenon and speaks with great enthusiasm as he describes the history of palindrome dates. Before 2001, he...

Woo hoo!! 2010 is here!! Happy New Year Everyone!! "Just vote them out in 2010" has been our Tea Party motto during the last year or so and now it's time to put it into action. We urgently need a turnover in DC and in our state capitals!! Vote out the Marxists, communists, fascists, socialists, liberals, progressives, statists and RINOS!! If they vote for big government, high taxes, anti-Life & Liberty measures or otherwise don't fully defend our constitution, our unalienable rights, our nation, our borders, etc, JUST VOTE THEM OUT!! And please do whatever you can to support the...

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Good evening. Tonight, as Americans across the country gather with family and friends, I want to wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year. This is always a hopeful time, as we celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another. And while 2009 was difficult for many Americans, we must also look back on this year with the knowledge that brighter days are ahead of us – that although our challenges are great, each of us has the courage and determination to rise up and meet them. It is that spirit that has kept the American Dream...

A family tradition in millions of homes the humble black eyed peas are eaten as a symbol of a prosperious coming year. Not a lot of people like the taste of them but some inventive recipes make them delicious. My wife and I and family have had them every New Years for our 49 years of marriage so why tinker with success? What is your favorite recipe for the humble little black eye?

Today is my 11th anniversary of signing up on FreeRepublic. I lurked since the beginning of October, 1998, learned about the March for Justice, and travelled to DC from NJ to attend it to join the voices of those calling for the impeachment of a President who had broken the law. How thrilling it was to arrive at the Washington Monument on Oct. 31, 1998 to see a sea of flags and 4,000 patriots! Seven weeks later, President Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives. Since that time, Freepers have been instrumental in influencing the 2000(Sore/Loserman and "Get out...

The Freeper Canteen Wishes Everyone Eve! **Click Here** NEW YEAR WISHES May peace fill all the empty spaces around you And in you, may contentment answer all your wishes. May comfort be yours, warm and soft like a sigh. And may the coming year show you that every day is really a first day, a new year. Let abundance be your constant companion, so that you have much to share. May mirth be near you always, like a lamp shining brightly on the many paths you travel. ~~Diana Krall - What Are You Doing New Years Eve~~ ~~Guy Lombardo...

"Happy New Year" to ALL!!!

Word For The Day, Thursday, 1/1/09 In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day". sanguine; adj. 1. cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations. 2. reddish; ruddy: a sanguine complexion. 3. (in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc. 4. bloody; sanguinary. 5. blood-red; red. 6. Heraldry. a reddish-purple tincture. –noun 7. a red iron-oxide crayon used in making drawings Etymology: 1275–1325; ME sanguyne a blood-red cloth < OF sanguin < L...

~ Happy New Year & It's Friday!! ~ PUPPY PLAY U.S. Army Spc. David Cartwright plays with some puppies outside the Iraqi Police District Headquarters in Mahawil, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2008. Cartwright is assigned to the 1st Platoon, 230th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Wendy Wyman Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. THREE AMIGOS U.S. Army Spc. Terrance Apatang, left, and Sgt. Shane Schroder, center, and...

According to the Chinese calendar, 2008 was the “Year of the Rat.” But that’s a completely inadequate monicker for the year of Eliot Spitzer, Jeremiah Wright, Chris Matthews, Rod Blagojevich, Somali pirates, the Obama boom and the McCain bust. 2008 wasn’t the year of the Dark Knight. It was the year of the Joker: why so serious? What could be funnier than the possibility of Al Franken in the US Senate? Ok, ok. Banking Queen Barney Frank is, and maybe Sen. Caroline Kennedy would be. And if those images aren’t bizarre enough for you, how about the facts that --...

Making self-improvement New Year's resolutions often leaves people feeling worse, the British mental health charity Mind warned Thursday.

Whatever you resolve to do differently in 2009, vow also to develop a strategy to make it happen. Otherwise, expect failure. So says John O'Neill, director of Addiction Services for The Menninger Clinic in Houston.

[The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.] Happy New Year! And don’t feel bad about taking today off. After all, you’ve traveled far. And I’m not talking about the trip home from the party last night. According to NASA, just by being on the planet Earth in the last year, you’ve zipped about 584 million miles around the sun to get back where you were. At an average speed of about 67,000 miles per hour. Again, not talking about the drive home last night. Of course, the trip was not a perfect circle. As Kepler showed, the Earth’s...

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind ? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days o' lang syne ? For auld lang syne, my jo, For auld lang syne, We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet, For auld lang syne. And surely ye’ll be your pint-stowp ! And surely I’ll be mine ! And we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet, For auld lang syne. We twa hae run about the braes, And pu’d the gowans fine ; But we’ve wander’d mony a weary foot, Sin auld lang syne. We twa hae paidl’d i' the burn, Frae...

The Freeper Canteen Wishes Everyone NEW YEAR WISHES May peace fill all the empty spaces around you And in you, may contentment answer all your wishes. May comfort be yours, warm and soft like a sigh. And may the coming year show you that every day is really a first day, a new year. Let abundance be your constant companion, so that you have much to share. May mirth be near you always, like a lamp shining brightly on the many paths you travel. ~~What Are You Doing New Years Eve~~ ~~Auld Lang Syng~~ An added second of time!...