September 15, 2011
FW: Mitt Romney is so Mormon
Some of these are inside humor for the Mormon crowd, but the rest are quite funny! It will be interesting to see if Mitt’s religion will play that big of a factor if he wins the G.O.P. nominee.
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June 29, 2011
FW: The Amazing Life of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was a remarkable man who began his learning very early in life and never stopped. If only all of us could be the type of individual Thomas Jefferson was. May his life be an example for us to be better citizens and people!
- At 5, he began studying under his cousins’ tutor.
- At 9, he studied Latin, Greek and French.
- At 14, he studied classical literature and additional languages.
- At 16, he entered the College of William and Mary.
- At 19, he studied Law for 5 years, studying under George Wythe.
- At 23, he started his own law practice.
- At 25, he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
- At 31, he wrote the widely circulated “Summary View of the Rights of British America” and retired from his law practice.
- At 32, he was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.
- At 33, he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
- At 33, he took three years to revise Virginia’s legal code and wrote a Public Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.
- At 36, he was elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick Henry.
- At 40, he served in Congress for two years.
- At 41, he was the American minister to France and negotiated commercial treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams.
- At 46, he served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington.
- At 53, he served as Vice President and was elected President of the American Philosophical Society.
- At 55, he drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active head of Republican Party.
- At 57, he was elected the third President of the United States.
- At 60, he obtained the Louisiana Purchase , doubling the nation’s size.
- At 61, he was elected to a second term as President.
- At 65, he retired to Monticello.
- At 80, he helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.
- At 81, he almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served as its first president.
- At 83, he died, on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence along with John Adams.
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March 8, 2011
FW: A Modern Abe Lincoln
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March 30, 2010
FW: Government Can Fix Health Care
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February 24, 2010
FW: Bush Asked to Leave Ft. Hood
The doctor had his tv on in his office when the news of the military base shootings came on. The husband of one of his employees was stationed there. He called her into his office and as he told her what had happened, she got a text message from her husband saying, “I am okay.”
Her cell phone rang right after she read the message.. It was an ER nurse,”I’m the one who just sent you a text, not your husband. I thought it would be comforting but I was mistaken in doing so. I am sorry to tell you this, but your husband has been shot 4 times and he is in surgery.”
The soldier’s wife left Southern Clinic in Dothan and drove all night to Ft.Hood. When she arrived, she found out her husband was out of surgery and would be OK. She rushed to his room and found that he already had visitors there to confort him. He was just waking up and found his wife and the visitors by his side The nurse took this picture.
What is even better is the fact George W. Bush heard about Fort Hood, got in his car without any escort, apparently they did not have time to react, and drove to Fort Hood. He was stopped at the gate and the guard could not believe who he had just stopped. Bush only asked for directions to the hospital then drove on.
The gate guard called that “The president is on Fort Hood and driving to the hospital.” The base went bananas looking for Obama. When they found it was Bush they immediately offered escort and Bush simply told them to shut up and let him visit the wounded and the dependents of the dead. He stayed at Fort Hood for over six hours and was finally asked to leave by a message from the White House. Obama flew in days later and held a “photo ” session in a gym and did not even go to the hospital. All this I picked up from two soldiers here who happened to be at Fort Hood when it happened.
Actions Speak Louder than Words