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LindaOH @LindaOHio (222302) • United States 27 May 19

I don't remember if I've used this one here before; but it's one of my favorites: When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. Franklin D. Roosevelt We've all reached that point. Don't give up! Photo is...

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Science Fiction Book Review Victor Pelevin Omon Ra

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 9 Mar 19

1992 – Faber & Faber – Spoiler alerts A quite dark satire from Russia that manages to combine political commentary, satire science fiction, horror and comedy seamlessly. Omon Krivomazov spends his childhood dreaming of being a...

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The Square Meal Deal

Gus Kilthau @Ceerios (4698) • Goodfellow, Texas 24 Oct 16

The Square Meal Deal - Well now, we have gone through that latest posting of mine with the little poem about the motorcycle with the square wheels, so today it is on to the tale about the square meal. Now then, I understand...

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Life Magazine, November 4, 1940

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 29 Jul 16

Published exactly two months after my birth, Life and the whole US was consumed with a huge election question. Democrat, Franklin D. Roosevelt was seeking an unprecedented third term as President. His opponent, Wendell Willkie, a...

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The Faces

marcyaz @Marcyaz (35316) • United States 2 Jun 16

In 1927 there was a Memorial begun in Mount Rushmore which is a sheer peak going up 6,000 feet in the Black Hills of South Dakota. There were 4 faces carved into the rock. The four Presidents who were Geoge Washington, Abraham...

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Presidential Wives

Jekca @Jessicalynnt (50523) • Centralia, Missouri 6 Mar 16

I have long thought if I could meet a presidential wife, aka First Lady, and time and if they were still alive or not, played no part in my choice, I would want to meet Eleanor Roosevelt. Following that, I would want to meet...

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Why Libarals Kill

brothertuck @brothertuck (1257) • United States 19 Oct 09

The left may be pressuring President Obama to exit Afghanistan. But their heroes—from FDR to JFK—promoted U.S. involvement in more wars than all modern GOP presidents combined. Check out this article. http://ow.ly/v9pX

Change = New Deal?

shewolf52002 @shewolf52002 (1214) • United States 1 Mar 09

Has anyone else notice the eeery similarities between the Great Depression time politics and the ones we are seeing today? People in the 20's were enjoying a great time of prosperity, spending more and more money on new...

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A picture of Theodore Roosevelt watching Lincoln's funeral procession as a child

sugarplum9084 @sugarplum9084 (1771) • United States 16 Feb 09

Because it is president's day, I will show you this cool picture. In the picture is Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession passing through New York City. The house pictured is Roosevelt's grandfather's house. Little did the...

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Will we ever learn?

Arkie69 @Arkie69 (2156) • United States 19 Dec 08

In the past few months I have done a lot of reading and talking to people about the "Great Depression" as most people like to call it. This has also included the "roaring 20's" which caused the depression and the 1940's which...

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Could this be a replay of 1929.....?

iriscot @iriscot (1289) • United States 19 Nov 08

Herbert Hoover was president when the stock market went belly-up in 1929. It was the starting gun of a very deep depression that all but destroyed the economy of the United States of America. Hoover did nothing, but figured...

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McCain can call Obama a socialist or Teddy Roosevelt his hero, but not both

ClarusVisum @ClarusVisum (2163) • United States 1 Nov 08

"Imagine that instead of telling Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher that "when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody," Barack Obama had said the following: We grudge no man a fortune in civil life if it is honorably...

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"We are the party of Roosevelt and Kennedy"???

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 29 Aug 08

Obama stated that Democrats are strong on National Defense because they are the party of Roosevelt and Kennedy. Um, Obama, while I disagree with a lot of what both did, they weren't Barack Obama. Last I checked, Roosevelt and...

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In the Footsteps of Giants(1)

zipzipzop @zipzipzop (418) • China 10 May 07

Winston Churchill was on a roll. In his quarters at the White House over Christmas 1941, the visiting British Prime Minister was in the bath, dictating to an assistant. Coming out of the bathroom, churchill dropped his towel, and...

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Okay this is really interesting. Honestly.

jchampany @jchampany (1130) • United States 18 Apr 07

Really don't scroll down until you have answered the questions. Question 1: If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded,...

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Who is the best President the US has ever had? And why? What about 2nd and 3rd

ConservativeArtist @ConservativeArtist (201) • United States 4 Feb 07

Who is the best president the US has ever had, and why? What about a second and third choice? Let me know if you disagree with my choices, too!My choices would be: 1. Lincoln- because he abolished slavery in the face of a very...

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which one will you chose ?

imoteff @imoteff (18) • India 11 Dec 06

It is time to elect a new world leader, and your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates: CANDIDATE A: Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists. He's had two mistresses....