NEW POLL: JUDGE SOTOMAYOR
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6/22: Rasmussen Poll Shows Obama’s Numbers Are Down
The daily presidential tracking poll is showing that President Obama’s approval rating is its lowest since he took office in January.
6/11/09: Barney Frank Walks Off CNBC Interview
5/26/09: North Korea Is Testing The President… And The World
5/26/09: More Details On The North Korean Nuke Test
5/26/09: Not To Be Outdone By North Korea, Iran Sends Warships Out To Int’l Waters
5/26/09: Gen. Colin Powell Says, WAIT WAIT, I’m Still In The GOP (really, he said that)
5/26/09: It’s Only 37 Years Later, But The New York Times Claims They Knew About Watergate FIRST! (SO THERE!)
Memorial Day 2009
A bit of history about the holiday.
Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873.
Gen. Logan’s General Order No. 11 contained this direction for the day – “…gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with choicest flowers of springtime….let us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left among us as sacred charges upon the Nation’s gratitude,–the soldier’s and sailor’s widow and orphan.” –General John Logan, General Order No. 11, 5 May 1868
Links of Interest
DO SOMETHING FOR A SOLDIER AWAY FROM HOME – SEND A PHONE CARD
SUPPORT THE MEN & WOMEN WHO HAVE ALREADY SERVED US
HELP THE FAMILIES OF WOUNDED AMERICAN MILITARY
USE YOUR FREQUENT FLYER MILES TO CONNECTED FAMILIES & WOUNDED SOLDIERS
How To Properly Observe Memorial Day
Tell us how you plan to spend Memorial Day and let us know if there are any websites that you would recommend to better inform how we can pay tribute to our troops.
5/23/09: Speaker Pelosi Finally Shuts Her Pie Hole
