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I purposely avoid posting about current political events after running a political blog in the early 2000’s called Anti-Stupidity. It was an interesting experiment that ultimately convinced me never to do it again. No matter what you post politically, half the country agrees, and the other half sends you hate mail and death threats. Such is the political condition of the country, and it hasn’t changed much in the intervening years.
I dislike all politics and political parties and will never understand why anyone would run for office these days. That includes those power-hungry individuals running for President. It would hardly be worth it if not for the corruption that eventually makes almost every former senator, representative, and President a multi-millionaire.
Today’s post is political trivia in its lamest form. These are odd and rarely known facts on many of our past Presidents chosen at random . . .
- Jimmy Carter is the first President to have been born in a hospital. All thirty-eight previous presidents were born “at home.”
- The chief drafter of the United States Constitution and twice President was a lightweight on the scales. James Madison weighed in at only 100 pounds and he was the shortest President, at 5’4″.
- James Buchanan has been the only bachelor to serve as president of the United States.
- Not until Herbert Hoover was President., in 1929, did the U.S. Chief Executive have a private telephone in his office. (The telephone had been invented 53 years earlier.) The booth in a White House hallway had served as the president’s private telephone before one was finally installed in the Oval Office.
- A campaign issue in John Quincy Adams unsuccessful reelection campaign of 1828 was the White House expense account: $50 for a billiard table, six dollars for billiard balls and $23.50 for chessmen.
- The first U.S. President to be born in the 20th century didn’t take office until 1961 – John F. Kennedy (1917-1963).
- The longest Presidential inauguration Address lasted nearly two hours, 8,445 words, almost twice as many as any other Presidents. It was delivered during a snowfall by a hatless, coatless William Henry Harrison in 1841. He became ill and died of pneumonia exactly a month later making his presidency the shortest in history.
- Theodore Roosevelt was the first US President to ride in an automobile and the first to fly in an airplane, among many other firsts.
- Until 1826, white people in the United States were sold as indentured servants who would be freed after a certain period of time. Andrew Johnson, who became President in 1865, was a runaway white slave; advertisements appeared in newspapers in an attempt to get him back.
- President William Howard Taft weighed 350 pounds. He got stuck in a bathtub in the White House and someone had to be called to pull him out. He then had a special bathtub made. It was so big that, when it was delivered, four White House workmen climbed into it and had their picture taken.
HAIL TO THE CHIEF – LOL
I’m really not an educated weatherman but I do know one thing for sure, this rain sucks. I’m so sick of these gray and dreary days that only allow us 15 minutes of sunshine a day before the next downpour begins. It’s no wonder that all those smiling and happy folks in Seattle (sarcasm) are so much fun to be around. They have this kind crap weather on a regular basis and that’s bound to have a derogatory effect on them. With that thought in mind I thought I’d throw some additional Weird Sh*t your way. It won’t stop the rain from continuing but it might make you smile a little.
- Bacon affects the brain in the same way as cocaine and heroin, overloading pleasure centers and requiring increasing amounts to be satisfied.
- New York City is estimated to have at least 8 million rats, or one rat per person.
- In 2006, William Shatner was paid $25,000 from an online casino for a kidney stone he had recently passed.
- Benjamin Franklin almost killed himself while trying to electrocute a turkey.
- In 1799 a vigilante mob hunted down killer Micajah Harpe and placed his severed head on a pike at a crossroads in Western Kentucky still known as “Harpe’s Head”.
- In South Korea, 11% of school-aged youth are considered at high risk for Internet addiction.
- In the winter of 1952-53, Thompson Pass near Valdez, Alaska, got 975 inches of snow.
- Women can go topless in public in New York City as long as they are not charging money for it.
- In 1976, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake killed 23,000 Guatemalans.
- During his 1989 appearance on the TV talk show Larry King Live, Donald Trump asked King, “Do you mind if I sit back a little bit because your breath is very bad. It really is.”
GOTTA GO, MY YARD IS FLOODING
I’ve been trying desperately not to bring politics onto this blog. Years ago, I created a political blog and after months and months of writing discovered that the American public isn’t interested in truth but only in perception. After the fiasco of Bill Clinton and his minions including the lovely but deadly Hillary Clinton, I didn’t think it could get any worse. I was wrong, really wrong. Hence the election twice of Barack Obama who was a phony if there ever was one, and his wife who remains to this day a borderline communist. Don’t get me wrong, George Bush was no prize either.
I was a supporter of Donald Trump only because he was the only candidate that had a chance of keeping Hillary out of the presidency. I celebrated a little when he won the election, but I did so with many reservations. I have to admit that he did a great number of really good things, but they were all overshadowed by his persistent need to have his ego stroked. If nobody else would stroke it, he did it himself, hence the hundreds of texts on the internet.
The hatred for the man appears to have no bounds both from the Left and the Right. Politics in this country is difficult on a good day and he’s making it impossible to have even one good day. There are more important things to be addressing than his continual whining and idiotic lawsuits. Give us all a break.
This comes from a somewhat conservative person who wished you well when you ran and regretted it ever since. It is my solemn wish that you would stop talking to media, stay off the internet, fire your attorneys, and go back to building golf courses, casinos and whatever else you need to make more and more money. You say you love this country so do the right thing. Support the next Republican candidate of your choice and fade away like Douglas McArthur. You’ve praised him in the past, follow his lead.
“I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye.”
ENOUGH SAID
We (Trump supporters) should all be breathing a huge sigh of relief today. Trump’s favorables are up to 49% and he’s on the verge of breaking out from all of the negative BS the left and the media has been heaping on him.
Maybe some of the naysayers are finally beginning to get what Trump is all about. A successful businessman who knows how to present a deal to others who disagree with him and find a way to make it work. It took him a few months to discover that that same strategy will even work with politicians, especially the current minority party.
The reason I became a Trump supporter initially was that he was owned by no party or group. He can’t be influenced by the party elites or PAC money. That places him directly between the two outdated and useless parties who can’t agree on anything. Gridlock can only be addressed if there’s a President in office willing to make deals on either side of the aisle. After Trump’s move toward the Democrats this week the Republicans have almost peed in their political panties. Now the game can begin in earnest for Trump. Let the American voters of both parties see their own affiliations for what there are . . . Obstructionists.
Tax cuts are the main focus now and are crucial to the continuing health of our economy. If necessary Trump should make the best deal possible with any devil who steps forward to help. This is the first warning shot over the bow of the Republican ship- of-state and lets them know they are close to losing a lot more than a few political battles. The voting public of both parties are now seeing Trump as the ultimate deal maker trying to do the right thing but being kicked around by two groups of partisan political hacks. There’s only one winner that I can see coming out of this mess and that’s the President.
I know Trump is a lot smarter than most of the politicians he’s dealing with and that’s a good thing for the country. It’s always a huge mistake to underestimate any opponent but these politicians seem to be just begging for a nasty political bloody nose and I’m sure the president will oblige.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GRANDPA
As the Fall of the year approaches the extreme left continues it belly-aching and whining toward the new administration. Honestly I never thought they’d stop anyway. They’re much like a small child throwing a temper tantrum in the middle of a mall. They’ll keep at it until they turn blue and collapse or until someone gives them a whack on the ass and tells them to shut the hell up. It could be a very long wait for that to happen.
As of late it’s become obvious to anyone who cares to pay attention that the Republicans have been infected by the Leftist Flu. They are currently classified in my mind as Dems-Lite. Finally the party has the upper hand in this government and they are pissing it away like they always do. They seem to enjoy being the weaker party so they can just sit back and spend all of their time sniping at every little thing the liberals do. That doesn’t require any hard work or dedication. It’s also obvious that the caliber of Republican members and leadership isn’t what it once was. That capable well led party no longer exists and we may never see it again.
Poor Donald Trump. No one seems to like him anymore. He really doesn’t look all that upset about it either. No one likes him except for the millions of voters who elected him. He has become something that even that lunatic Ross Perot couldn’t become, a one man third party. Maybe it’s time for a viable third party to make an appearance. Not some Tea Party organization that growled and barked for a couple of years and then disappeared. Those Tea Party folks who used the conservative message to get elected have now become part of the system we all despise.
I would love to see Donald Trump run for reelection with the backing of an real organization of real people who actually believe in the things they promise the electorate. Not individuals who will say anything to get elected and then walk away smiling to themselves. People who are actually concerned about this country being turned into another Europe. Just read the daily news. Europe is falling apart due mostly to their liberal outlook on damn near everything. In ten more years the Islamists will own Europe and the fun will really start. We’ll see how much the European populations like Sharia laws and all of the rules and restrictions that apply to women. I can’t wait to see Angela Merkel in a burka.
This pair should keep you up nights.
I can only hope for a Democratic ticket that is so ridiculous that he’ll win in a landslide. How about a ticket of Maxine Waters and Bernie Sanders. Who wouldn’t vote for a lunatic and a socialist? They seem to be the new Democratic brain trust that’s on the rise. I was never a big believer in prayer but for that ticket I might start.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK MR. PRESIDENT
It’s morning, it’s daylight, it’s cold, and I’m in my toasty bed reading a little Edgar A. Poe. I occasionally fall back to the classics when I’m bored with reading my normal stuff and today is one of those days.
‘He’s got Trump Hair’
I’m not a fanatic about poetry like some, but I will read a little if and when I have time to waste. Most poetry does nothing for me since I’ve self-classified myself as an anti-poetry snob. My idea of good poetry are bawdy limericks and poetry that promotes laughter and good humor.
I have no idea why I started my day today reading some of Poe’s depressing poetic offerings. I did my very best to concentrate on his works, Spirits of the Dead, The Valley of Unrest, and it was a chore. He’s the only poet that can take something beautiful and make it seem tragic and misbegotten. Man that guy had some serious issues.
I finally gave up on Poe when I started feeling depressed and put upon by his words. I moved over to an essay by one of my all time favorites, Mark Twain, or Samuel Clemens if you insist. He was renowned for being a spectacularly glib wise ass which immediately endeared him to me. His thoughts contained in “On the Decay of the Art of Lying” are just plain funny and sarcastic. Here’s a sample:
“The saying is old that truth should not be spoken at all times; and those whom a sick conscience worries into habitual violation of the maxim are imbeciles and nuisances.” It is strong language, but true. None of us could live with an habitual truth-teller; but thank goodness none of us have to. An habitual truth-teller is simply an impossible creature; he does not exist; he never has existed.
Everybody lies – every day; every hour; awake; asleep; if he keeps his tongue still, his hands, his feet, his eyes, his attitude, will convey deception – and purposely. Even in sermons – but that is a platitude.
Anyone who disagrees with those statements is obviously living with their head deeply buried in the sand or deeply shoved up their ass. I’ve always been a fan of lying because lies serve many useful purposes. “Does my ass look big in this dress?”, “Of course not.’’, a beautiful, polite, required, and obvious white lie. We all have a million them and use them frequently.
Do you want me to explain lying to you when it comes to our political system and the liar that has been squatting in the “Peoples House” for the last seven years. That discussion would be totally rhetorical requiring no explanations or further conversations.
I think I could have supported Mark Twain as President only if he had the ability to select Edgar A. Poe as his Vice President. No there’s a pair that could have driven most of Congress right out of their every-lying minds. Throw in Donald Trump as Secretary of State and we’d have a unbeatable trifecta.
Enough of my musings. I’m going to roll over, hug my pillow, and say a prayer that the insanity that has had this country in it’s grip for seven years is slowly fading away. And who’s up next for the Dems but good old Hillary Clinton.
I find myself agreeing with a large block of voters in this country of both parties. We’re sick of hearing the names Bush and Clinton. To both factions, please just go away. You’ve done enough harm already and we don’t need any more.
‘Yikes”
‘OMFG Yikes Again’
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