If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it’s the best possible substitute for it.
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Grover Cleveland was the only U.S president to marry in the White House.
The “S” in Harry S. Truman was not just the initial of his middle name, but “S” was his middle name. His parents could not agree on a middle name, so they made it “S” which was the first initial of both of Harry’s grandfathers.
John F. Kennedy’s grave in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia is the most-visited presidential grave.
There have been four US Presidents who never held any other elective office: U. S. Grant, William H. Taft, Herbert Hoover, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Two US presidents were survived by their fathers: John F. Kennedy and Warren Harding.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only US president elected four times.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first U.S. President to select a woman to serve in his cabinet.
Four US presidents served an entire term without a vice president: John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, and Chester Arthur.
Woodrow Wilson was the only US president to earn a doctorate.
James Buchanan was the only US president never to be married.
The only American president to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy was Jimmy Carter, who graduated in the class of 1946.
Abraham Lincoln, who invented a hydraulic device for lifting ships over shoals, was the only U.S. president ever granted a patent.
George Washington is the only man whose birthday is a legal holiday in every state of the United States.
Richard Nixon was the 1st US president to visit China in February, 1972.
Gerald Ford was the only US president not to have been elected to either the presidency or the vice presidency.
Presidents of the United States have had the following denominational affiliations: Episcopalian (11); Presbyterian (8); Baptist (4); Methodist (4); Unitarian (4); No formal affiliation (3), Disciples of Christ (2); Dutch Reformed (2); Quaker (2); Catholic (1); Congregationalist (1) and United Church of Christ (1).
Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. president, dueled with Charles Dickinson after he insulted Jackson ’s marriage. Jackson let his opponent fire first, giving himself time to take aim. Jackson took a bullet in the chest and, without flinching, calmly killed his man.
Throughout its history, the White House has been known as the “President’s Palace,” the “President’s House,” and the “Executive Mansion.” President Theodore Roosevelt officially gave the White House its current name in 1901.
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When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters – one represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.
A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures.
Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
Liberty without learning is always in peril and learning without liberty is always in vain.
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
When things go wrong they like to blame the President, and that’s one of the things that Presidents are paid for.
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If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
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And say not thou “My country right or wrong”
Nor shed thy blood for an unhallowed cause.
~ John Quincy Adams, in Congress, Slavery and an Unjust War
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What is the only state won by George McGovern in his failed presidential bid?
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.
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Actions are seeds of fate. Seeds grow into destiny.
The following is a transcript from the video. John Piper illustrates the struggle that many of us have in trying to rejoice over and respect a president whom we believe is guilty of promoting murder; for killing is killing no matter what you call it.
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It’s a magnificent thing: The only newly-originating life in the universe that comes in the image of God is Man. The only newly-originating life in the universe that lasts forever is Man.
This is an awesome thing.
And, as everyone knows, that reverence is not shared by our new President, over whom we have rejoiced.
He is trapped and blind in a culture of deceit. On the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, he released this statement,
We are reminded that this decision not only protects women’s health and reproductive freedom, but stands for a broader principle: that government should not intrude on our most private family matters.
To which I say:
- No, Mr. President, you are not protecting women; you are authorizing the destruction of 500,000 little women every year.
- No, Mr. President, you are not protecting reproductive freedom; you are authorizing the destruction of freedom for one million little human beings every year.
- No, Mr. President, killing our children is killing our children no matter how many times you call it a private family matter. You may say it is a private family matter over and over and over, and still they are dead. And we killed them. And you, would have it remain legal.
Mr. President, some of us wept for joy at your inauguration. And we pledge that we will pray for you.
We have hope in our sovereign God.
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Exposing the Dark Work of Abortion
The Darkness of Abortion and the Light of the Truth
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Websites of Interest
Focuson the Family – Crisis Pregnancy Ministry
International Life Services, Inc.
MinnesotaCitizens Concerned for Life
NationalInstitute of Family Life Advocates
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The election is a thing of the past, but as I make the transition from annotatedbookmarks.info to annotatedbookmarks.com I want to make sure that I do not lose my list of those bloggers who did what they could to support Mike Huckabee’s bid for the White House. I post them here to make sure I don’t lose them during the transition…
Bloggers For Mike Huckabee
- Mike Huckabee 2008
- The Potus Blog
- Miss Arkansas GOP
- Nutmeg Pundit
- At the Gratings
- Too Conservative
- Pastor Jon
- MA For Huckabee
- Illinois for Huckabee
- Red Man Blue State
- Must Reads Info
- New Republicans
- Larry Perrault
- Michael Janke
- Witness Daily
- Pre Law Christian
- Bowing Down
- Web Candidate
- Republican Gurl
- Whitehouse08
- Arizona for Huckabee
- Huckabee for President
- Huck 2008
- SC Likes Mike
- Kevin Tracy
- HCGOP 1
- Stop Taxing Our People
Blogs and Websites
- Amazon
- Baptist Press
- Barry Creamer
- Being Five
- Bent Tree
- Better Bibles
- BGCT
- Bible Gateway
- Challies
- Christian Classics
- Dan Phillips
- Frank Turk
- Gulf Coast Pastor
- Join the Journey
- Ken Jennings
- LinkShare
- Netflix
- NutriSystem
- OK Baptist Messenger
- Pioneer Woman
- Pyromaniacs
- Sage
- SBC
- SBC Voices
- SBTC
- Semicolon
- SWBTS
- William Dembski
- Writing Riot
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