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Is This The America You Grew Up In?

                                               NOT ME!   First of all, I was born in 1949. When scrolling on a site to click on the year I was born, it...

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Men provide great quotes on man's ability to think rationally.82

25 Great quotes on man's enlightenment

Men provide great quotes on man's ability to think rationally. Does a grown woman talking about wetting her pants make it into the annals of great quotes, regardless of a life of relative obscurity? Taken out...

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Famous Birthday Listings: January 9

Born on this day? HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Below are some very famous celebrities (54 names) past and present who have their birthday today. Some of them you will have heard of and others you may not have! These...

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US History: President Gerald R. Ford (1974 - 1976)

In 1963, Gerald Ford was elected to the US House of Representatives for Michigan and served 13 terms until appointed under the 25th Amendment as Vice President under Richard M. Nixon.

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Richard Nixon: The Forgotten Progressive

I consider Richard Nixon one of the most tragic characters in U.S. history. His perpetual paranoia and insecurities brought about the event that led to the Watergate scandal and his subsequent downfall.   ...

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Washington to Obama: The USA's 44 Presidents, 1789 - 2009

Here's a handy list of the Presidents of the United States, in the order they served, beginning with the 1st president, George Washington, "the father of our country" who took office in 1789, and ending with...

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Enjoy Some Dick

At center stage of male dominance, one can always find the presence of a largely known, robust and popular Dick. Dicks penetrate into the deepest chasms of society and make big headway into both politics and...

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Nominee Obama accepting his party's nomination before an estimated crowd of 84,000. 74

Which Republican Can Challenge Obama in 2012?

A little over five years ago, very few people in American knew who Barack Obama was. It wasn't until the Democratic convention that nominated John Kerry as President that Obama was introduced to America. At...

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(photo by Dolores Monet)74

The National Portrait Gallery - Off the Mall in DC

The National Portrait Gallery is part of the Smithsonian Museum system that is not located on the Washington DC Mall. The National Portrait Gallery on 8th and F Streets, a short walk from the mall, or near the Gallery Place/Chinatown stop on the Metro, features presidential portraits, historical, and contemporary portraiture.

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The Controversy of Columbus Day in the United States72

The Controversy of Columbus Day

The second Monday of October is celebrated in the United States as Columbus Day. The holiday was officially proclaimed by Richard Nixon in the 1970s to honor the man who sailed the ocean blue in search on a...

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