A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....05-16-06....Know Your Presidents

Billie

[Billie]

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Today I would love for* you* to do the thread. It's history lesson time and you're the teacher. Below are two links, which include information about our presidents - from George Washington to George W. Bush. Please choose one and write something about him. Dress up your post with tables, photos, or fancy text - you decide! :)

Presidents of the United States

Presidential Quotes

THIS one is still my favorite President!

03-28-06 ~ Hall of Fame #15

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 05-15-06 Military Monday

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

[EsmeraldaA]

[JustAmy]

"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than
the man who reads nothing but newspapers."
~Thomas Jefferson~

[Billie]

Morning, Essie - thank you for the sweet little flower. :)

[Billie]

"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." ~Thomas Jefferson~

BINGO!!!!!

[Feiny]

9 Presidents never attended college.
Washington, Jackson, Van Buren, Taylor, Fillmore, Lincoln, A. Johnson, Cleveland, and Truman.

[Feiny]

Good Trivia question as no one remembers this guy.

Who was the fourteenth president of the United States?
Franklin Pierce

[Feiny]

FUN GAME

Presidential Hangman: http://www.infoplease.com/games/hangman/president.html

[Mama_Bear]

President Reagan, my favorite President of all time. May he rest in peace.

I received these quotes in an e-mail recently. Many of his most famous quotes we have heard over the years, but a couple I had not heard before.

Ronald Reagan's Wisdom

"Here's my strategy on the Cold War:
We win, they lose."

"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."

"Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong."

"I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress."

"The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination."

"Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."

"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."

"The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program."

"I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting."

"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."

"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."

"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

[MEG33]

Love your post! Reagan was a great man.

[ConorMacNessa]

Great post, Mama_Bear! Reagan is one of my faves, too.

[Majie Purple]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/al16.html
President Abraham Lincoln Official White House Bio

http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html
George Walker "Dubya" Bush Offiicial WhiteHouse Bio

These 2 are in a tie for different and similar reasons
as my Fave Presidents.

I Love;Honor and Respect these 2 Presidents to infinity and beyond...

[MEG33]

President George W Bush

[Majie Purple]

Thanks for the gorgeous geranium
painting pic ping Meg!

[Majie Purple]

Thanks for the R.W.R. pic & table ping...
Also pinging my real life Bro
cause He'd wanna see this fine tribute!
R.W.R. is one of His Faves!

[Majie Purple]

Lovin' your "Dubya" Tribute Table :)

[Majie Purple]

& also the A.L. P O A!

[Majie Purple]

LOve your #32!

[Majie Purple]

[Majie Purple]

http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln78.html
Abraham Lincoln Quotes

[JustAmy]

A favorite picture of President Reagan and First Lady, Nancy.

Wishing everyone a Terrific Tuesday!