[Billie]

[Billie]

A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable. ~Thomas Jefferson

American History - Presidents of the United States - who wants to teach today? :)

[Diver Dave]

Mornin' Billie.

[The Mayor]

May 16, 2006

Walking Tall

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READ: Leviticus 26:3,12-16

I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk upright. —Leviticus 26:13

During my basic training in the Army, our drill sergeant worked hard week after week to transform us from a group of slouching civilians into a company of men who stood straight and walked tall. It was not an easy job. When he finally said, “You’re looking good!” we felt proud of who we were and how we had changed.

That experience came to mind when I read Leviticus 26:13, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk upright.” After 400 years of slavery and hard labor, the people of Israel were burdened and discouraged. But under Moses, God led them out of bondage and put them on the road to a new life of freedom through obedience to Him.

It’s a vivid reminder of what God has done for us through Jesus Christ. Paul wrote: “Stand fast . . . in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage” (Galatians 5:1).

We don’t need to be bowed down with our sin. As we embrace the freedom of righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ, we can hold our heads high and keep walking tall. —David C. McCasland

May I stand firm, O God of truth,
For all that pleases Thee;
Undaunted by the critic’s frown,
Let nothing hinder me.  —Bosch

There are no deadends on the road of obedience to God.

[ConorMacNessa]

I'm rather fond of this one by Abraham Lincoln:

"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

[Feiny]

Good Trivia question as no one remembers this guy.

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

[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...

[Majie Purple]

Lovin' your "Dubya" Tribute Table :)

[Majie Purple]

& also the A.L. P O A!

[DollyCali]

How sweet is this thread Ms. BIllie.. the letters matching the table background! wowsie!

Nice job.

I will leave history & politics to those of you with the knowledge.. my contribution will be movies - my area of interest & expertise re: presidents..(surprise, surprise)... true or fiction ( most fiction but fun). Here is a listing of some of my favorites that some way feature in drama or parody the presidents.

Dave - funny
An American President - romantic
Mars Attacks
Air Force One - drama
Amistad
The crossing
1776
Rough Riders
The Day Lincoln Was Shot
Wind and the Lion (26th pres).. Sean Connery & all star cast
Wilson
thirteen Days
Truman
Nixon
The Day Reagan was Shot


I am sure there are more.. these are the ones I think of that I enjoyed over the years. NOTE: Mars Attacks is a Special Effects/Sci Fi with a president (wife believed to be a Nancy Reagan & your guess is as good as mine for who the pres is)

[Majie Purple]

A don't miss out on seeing this Thread ping!

[luvie]

 A GOOD MAN

There is such a thing as evil in this world and such a thing as good. It is simply not true that all is relative and similar. Beheading Iraqi civilians with a saw on the Internet is absolutely evil. Helping children in Mosul get pure water is absolute good. Sending homicide bombers to blow up elementary schools at a kibbutz is evil. Treating the children of your enemies in the finest hospitals in Israel is good.

In Europe and Asia and South America and in much of North America, this idea is unknown. All is relative and the only point is to get away another day without having the evil ones attack you. Appeasing the terrorists, ignoring them and their instigators, pretending that the good guys are the bad guys -- all of these are now standard practice in the capitals of the world, and in the academies of America and in the Democratic Party at high levels.

THERE IS ONE GREAT MAN STANDING BETWEEN US AND THIS CAPITULATION TO EVIL: THAT MAN IS GEORGE BUSH, and he has two great allies, Tony Blair and John Howard. If we did not have George Bush at the helm, if we had a moral relativist like Kerry or Gore, we would even now be playing the same appeasing games as Chamberlain played with Hitler, and which France and Germany, Spain and Italy, Norway and Belgium, tragically, even Canada, play with the enemies of the human spirit.

~~~~~Ben Stein~~~~~
08-05

 

[Aquamarine]

Just returned from a trip to my moms house and found this fantastic thread on our Presidents!
My favorites are George Washington, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.

[Coleus]

anything on george washington?