Blogs Bloggar
RSS Subjects
Submit Blog Edit Blog How it Works
RSS Subjects — Blogs about "American History"

American History

Learn American History Through Online Time Machine
2008-07-04 12:31:00
Before the BBQs are lit or the bonfires set ablaze during this Fourth of July weekend, it might be nice to brush up on some American history. What better way to do that than to go back in time? Technorati Tags: Computers Education Entertainment History Websites
Gone Fishin?
2008-06-30 12:12:00
My silence from the blog this coming week will be intentional as PatriotPartner and I pack up the gas-guzzling 1999 Ford Explorer and head to the South Carolina beaches.   The great part about this vacation — PatriotPuppies are coming with us.  Yep, we have a dog-friendly cottage right on the beach.   Hopefully I will post ...
Stonewall Riots: Libertarian Uprising
2008-06-27 17:29:00
In his LA Weekly piece today remembering the thirty-ninth anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Patrick Range McDonald summarizes the events of the day (well, evening) and its significance: “an angry bunch of drag queens and effeminate gay men pushed back after New York City police officers raided the place, and subsequently started the modern ...
Farnsworth of CBS News Needs American History Lesson
2008-06-26 01:31:00
-By Warner Todd Huston Remember when the 49ers gold rush happened in Maine? How about when Dan’l Boone explored California? Do you remember when Lee surrendered his Confederate army in Fargo, North Dakota? Well, to those famous places with famous incidents we can add that great Revolutionary War battle of Lexington and Concord… Virginia. At least ...
Life?s Little Ironies: McClellan Wrote a Book, McCurry Didn?t
2008-06-20 11:00:00
Funny that the White House Press Secretary who helped facilitate an Administration’s decline in the polls writes a book while the one who helped save his boss from having a public relations disaster sink him doesn’t. Scott McClellan, considered one of the least effective press secretaries in the history of presidential public relations gains his fifteen ...
Vera Reflects On Clash of Kingdoms
2008-06-14 06:31:00
So, the Queen is dead — long live the Prince! Well, she?s not actually dead — more like dethroned ?- and she?s probably more dangerous now than ever before. But the Prince ?- and his full court press of followers ?- will only discover that later, when it?s too late to do anything about it.  That ...
24 Disturbing Hours In American History
2008-06-13 16:42:00
I get paid to think strategically and forward-thinking for my company.  After the events of the past 24 hours, I can’t help but feel in my gut that we cannot underestimate the extreme significance of cumulative effect of these three major news items: Boumediene v Bush - A Supreme Error - Fred Thompson, Townhall.com Militants Attack Afghan ...
The American History BO does not know, Part I
2008-06-09 14:00:00
Barack Obama, 3 June, courtesy of Breitbart: The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations. But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people. Because if we are willing to work for it, and fight for it, and believe in it, then I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on earth. This was the moment—this was the time—when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves and our highest ideals. Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America....
By: BitsBlog
WaPo On Obama:The Emporer Has No Clothes
2008-05-29 16:27:00
The Washington Post comes pretty close today to figuring it out. With Senator Obama… there is no “there” there. On Policy, Obama Breaks Little New Ground - Washington Post (subscription required) When Obama changed his mind and decided to run for president after only two years in the Senate, however, he effectively dismissed the importance of policy ...
A Memorial Day Tribute
2008-05-26 06:01:00
Memorial Day is set aside for us to remember those who have died defending our great country. It was first proclaimed by General John Logan on May 5, 1868. The first Memorial Day was observed on May 30, 1868. Flowers were placed on the graves of both Union and Confederate soldiers at our own Arlington National Cemetery.But do we need an official day to honor those precious souls who have defended our nation? Should our gratitude be set aside for just one day a year? Sadly, this is true for many Americans.I can remember the early years of my childhood where anyone serving in the military was revered and appreciated for his contribution. We all wore the little poppy flower on our lapels to show our gratitude for those who gave unselfishly for our country. What a sight it was to sit in church and see everyone wearing these little poppy flowers. Later, we would attend the Memorial Day Parade and our war Veterans would be marching and everyone would wave their little American flag, clap ...
Hillary as the anti-Reagan?
2008-05-23 01:31:00
A number of bloggers and pundits have compared Barack Obama’s rise this year to that of Jimmy Carter in 1976 Hugh Hewitt did so today, Glenn did so yesterday, I mentioned it last month building on Rich Lowry’s National Review cover story in December. The rise of an obscure, inexperienced politician pushing change, hope and ...
In Twofer, Paper Makes Fun of American History And Capitalism At same Time
2008-05-23 00:00:00
-By Warner Todd Huston Here is a story in a small paper in Philadelphia that serves as a fine example of the junk that all too often passes for “journalism” in America today. This example is as ridiculously anti-intellectual and dismissive of the importance of preserving our history as it is anti-corporate. It’s a fine example ...
President Evokes Religion In America?s War Goals
2008-05-18 19:32:00
I can’t believe that the President of the USA delivered a prayer (!!) to the American people during this worldwide conflict and it was broadcast nationwide!   And how come it hasn’t received the attention and scorn from the US Mainstream Media and Liberals across the board??  Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon ...
The Feminist Movement and its Contribution to the Modern Home (Part 2)
2008-05-14 06:01:00
The issue in the minds of most liberal women is the idea of equality. They feel that to be a housewife is a disgrace and that they should not have to subject themselves to that low degree. They feel that the position of housewife is a lower position and that they should not have any more responsibility to fulfill that role than should the husband. The problem they have is that the look at the proper Biblical role of women as a lesser position and the workforce as a higher position. This is twisted, corrupted thinking. The Biblical pattern provides for the care and love of women. It provides for them to be honored and exalted. Yet the modernist looks at it as the opposite. The workforce is a hard place and a hard path to go. It is a place that the husband should not want the wife to have to lower herself to. If God leads then the husband and wife will go that direction but usually God does not lead in that way and the husband should have a desire to deliver his wife from having to l...
The Feminist Movement and its Contribution to the Modern Home (Part 1)
2008-05-13 06:01:00
At the founding of America the home was the most important thing in a person?s life. Men bleed and died in order to prepare a land where they, their families, and their posterity could live in freedom and prosperity. They fought with their lives to protect and prosper their children, wives?? their families. Men worked hard to provide for the home, often working far more than eight hour shifts, far more than five days a week, far more than is the norm today. Women of the day were exalted, loved, and taken care of. These women loved their families and counted it a great honor to raise and rear children with godly principles of hard work and character. Women of these days didn?t look at being a housewife as a chore, but as a privilege. They loved their children to the point that they wanted to give all that they had to see them grow up to be men and women of character for the next generation.God?s design for the home is very similar to the way of life that was the accepted norm for the...
The Hope of a Nation
2008-05-12 06:01:00
When Nehemiah heard of the conditions in Jerusalem, he was immediately stirred in his heart. In fact, by all accounts, Nehemiah's heart was broken and he literally mourned and wept at the state that his homeland was now in. You see, there were small groups of people who had been in Jerusalem trying to repair certain parts of the city. Instead of seeing progress, however, they were laughed at, ridiculed, and held up from their task. In fact, their opposition knocked the wall down and burned the gates. The nation of Israel was in derision. Nehemiah was right to be heart broken.And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. ~ Nehemiah 1:3God's people were laughed at and their great city, their great accomplishments were torn to the ground. Today America is in the same condition. Our great landmarks of American hi...
May polls & Presidential Elections
2008-05-09 23:39:00
In Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, Karl Rove, former adviser to President Bush wrote that presumptive Republican nominee John McCain is realistic enough to know he will fall behind Mr. Obama once the Democratic nomination is settled. He’s steeled himself and his team for that moment. And he’s comforted by a belief that there will be plenty ...
Goodlife Movie Pick: American History X
2008-05-09 00:21:00
American History X, is one of those movies, that keep you in a frozen state after watching it, because it?s so powerful. The director did an incredible job of making the plot so in-depth that the viewer is automatically submerged into the lives of the characters and the story. Edward Norton delivers a staggering performance ...
On Blogging & Breaking (what we think is) a Big Story
2008-05-07 20:37:00
Every now and again as a blogger, you think you’re onto something. You make an observation or unearth a fact which will generate interest in the blogosphere, maybe even getting notice in the MSM. So, you write your post, double-check your facts, review your text, then e-mail a number of bloggers alerting others ...
Why did Hillary Skip Pat Nixon?s Funeral?
2008-05-07 01:14:00
When Bess Truman, the wife of Harry S Truman, the 33rd president of the United States and a Democrat, died in 1982, Nancy Reagan, wife to the then-incumbent Republican president of the United States, traveled to Missouri to attend her funeral. Eleven years later, when funeral services for Pat Nixon, wife of a former Republican president, ...
Obama?s Woes & that ol? Clinton luck
2008-05-04 21:57:00
During the 1992 campaign, a number of people noted Bill Clinton’s extraordinary luck. Paul Tsongas, the only man to offer him a serious challenge for the Democratic nomination, didn’t demonstrate much of an appeal outside the Northeast. Then-Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey, the man who promised to be his most formidable opponent, foundered in ...
The Greatest Robbery In American History Compared To The Subprime Mortgage
2008-05-01 10:01:00
Saw an interesting video today that compared the early 20th century American stock market to todays subprime crisis. There really are some stunning similarities, but the piece that caught my eye was the last 20 seconds when he describes the investor pull out right before the 1929 stock market crash as “The Greatest Robbery ...
McCain?s feistiness in ?08 like Truman?s in ?48
2008-04-28 01:36:00
By all measures, the election of 1948 was supposed to be a Republican blowout. The Democrats had been in the White House for sixteen consecutive years, their longest run there since 1824. The beleaguered incumbent had succeeded to office when his popular predecessor had died. Harry S Truman lacked his presence and ...
Idiom Quizzes Based on Stories from American History
2008-04-25 15:53:00
These quizzes, which are given in the form of gapped dialogs, are based on Myrtis Mixon's Stories from American History and test students' knowledge of some common English idioms. Features: ? 9 idiom quizzes related to American history: Juan Ponce de Leon, Pocahontas, the Witches of Salem, Dolley Madison, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Johnny Comes Marching Home Again, the Chinese Strike Against the Railroad, the Arrest of Susan B. Anthony, the Roosevelts ? Answers provided instantly, along with explanations of correct idioms Site URL: http://fog.ccsf.edu/~jfowler/id-iomchoices.html
By the Authority of the U.S. Supreme Court
2008-04-25 07:01:00
In 1892, The Supreme Court of The United States of America declared without question that America is a Christian nation. "These, and many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation."~ U.S. Supreme CourtIn their intensely thorough declarations, they took us step by step through the history of our early American Republic and showed without doubt that their decision was not based on anything less than fact, logic, and sound precedent! They began with Columbus, the pilgrims, and the early colonies and progressed their logic through state constitutions and congressional orders. They left no stone unturned as they made a solid and irrefutable case as to the Christian founding and establishment of this great nation!In our modern society there is so much burying of history in an effort to further modern liberal agendas. In fact, many people go so far as to completely distort and rewrite ...
Operation Chaos Works in Keystone State
2008-04-23 04:48:00
As I am about to retire this evening, Hillary Clinton has won Pennsylvania and is nurturing a 9% lead and about a 150,000 vote margin — which has increased by 50,000 in the past hour.   Being a Pennsylvania native I know a lot about the state, and I observe that MANY of the rural counties ...
Does 1976 provides clues to 2008 election?
2008-04-22 23:46:00
Back in 1976, when, after a divisive contest for the Republican nomination, President Ford addressed GOP delegates at the party’s convention in Kansas City, he challenged his Democratic rival, to a series of debates. He hoped such a bold (and novel at that time) strategy would overcome his deficit in the polls. At one point, ...
American History Leads To Wendy?s
2008-04-22 04:16:00
My work trip to Chattanooga ended very nicely. I even found time to walk around their downtown, which is darn nice what with the river walk along the Tennessee River, the Walnut Street Pedestrian Bridge, and the spacious, wide sidewalks leading to loads of quality restaurants. The nice thing about doing consulting work ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "American History Leads To Wendy’s", url: "http://familyrags.com/fhtp/200-8/04/21/american-history-leads--to-wendys/" });
American History Leads To Wendy?s
2008-04-22 04:16:00
My work trip to Chattanooga ended very nicely. I even found time to walk around their downtown, which is darn nice what with the river walk along the Tennessee River, the Walnut Street Pedestrian Bridge, and the spacious, wide sidewalks leading to loads of quality restaurants. The nice thing about doing consulting work ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "American History Leads To Wendy’s", url: "http://www.familyrags.com/fhtp-/2008/04/21/american-history-le-ads-to-wendys/" });
A Lesson in Old-Fashioned American Patriotism
2008-04-12 21:32:00
I once heard a preacher tell of an incident that he lived through as a child. His father was a veteran of World War II. In fact, his father had been forced to endure the Baton Death March and was held prisoner by the Japanese for a long period of time.One day when our preacher friend was about ten years old, he and his father went to enjoy the great American past-time. They went to watch a baseball game. As the game was gearing up to begin, the announcer came online and introduced the singer who would be performing the national anthem. As the singer moved toward the microphone, the crowd stood to honor the flag and the anthem. The entire crowd took to their feet except for a few small groups of disrespectful people...A small group of men who were seated directly in front of our preacher and his father, continued goofing and carrying on as before. As the anthem sounded throughout the stadium, these men refused to show any signs of respect or courtesy.The preacher's father was i...
Do Large Campaign Rallies Mean Successs in November?
2008-04-10 00:26:00
During the 1984 presidential campaign when I was an undergraduate at Williams, I used to get the better part of my news by arriving early in the library every morning and picking up the copies of the Boston Globe and New York Times the staff left on the information desk there. Towards the end of the ...
The Books I would Write on Clinton and Bush . . .
2008-04-09 01:45:00
. . . . were I an investigative journalist. If I were an investigative political journalist, there are three books I would like to write. Well, if that were my profession and I had the opportunity, I would have already completed two of them and would currently working on the third. The first two would be ...
Learning from Dr. King, Judging by Content of Character
2008-04-05 01:26:00
Not too long, a transgender activist was speaking at my synagogue, going on (and on) about the difficulties of being trans in American society today. My eyes soon glazed over and to keep them open, I surveyed the room, catching sight of the one person I knew who lived a different gender than his ...
In Presidential Contests, Spring & Summer Polls Tend to Favor Party Out of
2008-04-03 04:08:00
With most recent polls showing Republican nominee-elect John McCain with a slight lead (or just behind) either of his potential Democratic rivals for the fall campaign, I wondered how previous candidates had fared in the polls when their party had been ahead been in power for the preceding two terms. As I recalled, it seemed that ...
White House Gardens Bring American History to Life in New Smithsonian Trave
2008-03-21 07:06:00
White House Gardens Bring American History to Life in New Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Washington, DC- The stately grounds of the White House have served as an impressive stage for everything from eloquent weddings and royal receptions to Easter egg hunts and President Eisenhower’s personal putting green. Today, after more than 200 years ...
John Kerry?s Lies Catch Up To Him ? Again
2008-03-14 01:48:00
Man, this video is completely and utterly priceless. This is one of the best parts of the blogosphere:  our elected officials on high have to answer to the people and their answers are there for all the world to see. -Bruce (GayPatriot)
To Hillary (& her husband) Politics (& power) is all There is
2008-03-08 02:48:00
Yesterday, while reading Hugh Hewitt’s blog, I came across an excerpt of his recent interview with Christopher Hitchens where that iconoclastic writer predicted that Ms. Hillary would win the White House this year. He thought she’d win because: there?s something horrible and undefeatable about people who have no life except the worship of power.. . ...
Germany 2008, Dachau 1945: Never Again
2008-03-03 10:46:00
I’m sitting in the Frankfurt Airport (4:30 AM Eastern Time) waiting for my flight to board.  I have been in Germany since February 23.  It was a combo work/leisure vacation as I spent a lot of time catching up on work-related projects and emails.  I first traveled through Germany 20 years ago when I was a ...
Black History is American History
2008-02-26 06:00:00
"What else can I be other than an American citizen, with a rich American heritage after having been born here, after serving my country here," said Killeen's first African-American mayor, Timothy L.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Coasties
Struggling Against The Angel of Death
2008-02-23 17:07:00
As I continue to work at Arlington National Cemetery, I often hear amazing stories of love, valor, and heroism. It is no joke that Arlington National Cemetery truly is filled with thousands and thousands of real American heroes. If you are ever in the national capital area, I invite to take a walk through this garden of stones and contemplatively muse over the stories of honor and valor that rest within this place.Early this week, in fact, I heard a story that really made me stand in awe at the determination of one such soldier who served in World War II. His widow shared with us an amazing story that I will never forget.Late one night this lady was awakened in the middle of the night. Her husband was overseas fighting for our freedoms during the peak of World War II. She had heard no noise. The phone had not rang. There was nobody at the door. Yet something, she said, had awoken her and her heart was beating fast with worry for her husband.She crawled out of bed and spend t...
Americans, Not Congress, See Iraq Progress
2008-02-21 14:40:00
From a new Gallup Poll.  The headline, of course, is:  MAJORITY STILL FAVORS TIMETABLE FOR TROOP WITHDRAWAL. But the guts of the story are telling a much more interesting perspective among the American public: According to the poll, 43% of Americans say the surge of U.S. troops in Iraq is making the situation there better, a slight ...
Reminder of the March to Liberate Iraq
2008-02-19 01:37:00
I’m sure many of you recall these words from the United States President when it was clear Saddam Hussein was a threat….. But there is no better example, again I say, than the U.N. weapons inspection system itself. Yes, he has tried to thwart it in every conceivable way, but the discipline, determination, year-in-year-out effort of ...
President Bush Celebrates African American History Month VIDEO PODCAST
2008-02-13 03:28:00
President George W. Bush joins the Temptations on stage in the East Room of the White House Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, after they performed during the celebration of African American History Month. White House photo by Eric DraperPresident Bush Celebrates African American History Month FULL STREAMING VIDEO East Room 3:00 P.M. EST. PODCAST OF THIS ARTICLE running time 35:28THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming. Good afternoon, and welcome to the White House. Laura and I are honored that you all came, as we celebrate African American History Month. This is a month in which we recognize the many African Americans who've made great contributions to our country. We honor the talent and their courage. We renew our commitment to securing liberty and justice for every American. That's why we're here.I appreciate many of the notables who have joined us: Madam Secretary, appreciate you coming. (Applause.) Mr. Secretary Alphonso Jackson and Marcia. Thanks for coming, Mr. Secretary. Proud you...
Crazy Horse
2008-02-05 10:52:00
"He would have preferred, I imagine, simply to avoid them and go on living a traditional Sioux life, raiding, hunting dreaming; but the option of avoidance was not available to him for very long. The whites were too many, and they weren't satisfied with the Holy Road. They weren't satisfied with any one place or one road; they wanted everything. So he fought: on the Bozeman, on the Powder River, on the Yellowstone, in the Black Hills, on the Tongue and the Rosebud, at the Little Big Horn...He didn't win the war. What is hard to judge is how long he really expected to, if he ever expected to. Despite much urging, and unlike Red Cloud, Spotted Tail and Sitting Bull, he never went east, never saw the whites in their seats of power; had he done so, he might have drawn the same conclusion they drew. But he went his own way, travelled his own road, until it dead-ended at Fort Robinson in September of 1877. Looked back on from the perspective of one hundred and twenty years, Craz...
Would McCain Have John Kerry As Sec?y Of State??!!
2008-02-04 23:05:00
Just when my blood pressure starts to subside and my thoughts turn away from the 2008 Election and the self-presumptive GOP nominee (Senator McAmnesty)…. I see YET another article like this: In earlier years, Mr. McCain publicly trumpeted the eclecticism of his foreign policy views. As a candidate in the Republican presidential primary contest in 2000, the ...
African American History Month
2008-01-25 19:31:00
Over the years there have been many great black leaders. This fact has caused me to wonder if there was one dominant trait that separated them from others. With that question in mind I decided to find the dominant trait that was present in some of Americas top Black leaders past and present after ...
Bill Clinton?s Legacy?Divisive Politics
2008-01-23 06:17:00
Few presidents have fretted more about their legacy while in office than did Bill Clinton. Now, he seems determined to define that legacy by helping his wife win election to the White House. If she wins, he rationalizes, it’ll cement his role in U.S. history. Yet, had this Democrat not focused as much on ...
Pluralism and the American Way Of Life
2008-01-18 12:03:00
I assisted this week in about forty different funerals in Arlington National Cemetery. At each one, I stood about five feet away from the next of kin at the grave site. I watched mothers grieve the loss of their children. I saw brothers grieve the loss of their siblings. I saw children weep knowing that they will never see their parent again.I particularly remember one such child. His shoulders shook uncontrollably. His face was covered in tears. His sobbing could be heard loudly, distinctly throughout the entire ceremony. He was about thirteen or fourteen years old and he was being forced to attend the funeral of his mother, a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army. He was just old enough to understand what was going on. He was obviously very torn emotionally.It is always a joy, however, to hear the Chaplains step forward and share hope with these families. Most of the chaplains that I work with are protestant. One, in fact, is an Independent Baptist chaplain. With these, it is a...
A Message On A Missile
2008-01-13 13:40:00
On a cool, quiet January morning, Corporal Rick Garrett was shaving in the shower trailer at Camp Victory, Iraq. Wrapped in a towel and enjoying the energy he felt from a good night's sleep, he began thinking about the months he had left overseas. Many questions filled his mind: Would the war get even bloodier? Would any of his buddies be killed? Would he do his duty well? In fact, would he even survive?Then another question - it was a prayer, really - formed itself in his mind: "God, are you able to protect me over here?"The words had just become a conscious thought when Corporal Garrett heard a deafening crash. It was the sound of the trailer door shattering. An RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) had pierced the door and was now flying through the middle of the trailer. In an instant, the projectile flew past Corporal Garrett, lightly creasing his stomach en route, and embedded itself in the trailer wall opposite the door.For a moment, Garrett was frozen in shock, expecting the RPG t...
Giuliani plans largest tax cut in American history
2008-01-11 02:13:00
After failing in Iowa and New Hampshire, Rudy’s at it again! Rudy Giulianai has announced that if elected, he will send Congress his plans for the largest ever tax cut in American history, on his first day in office. Here’s an excerpt from an email we received: On his first day in office as President, Rudy ...
By: Politinks
40751 blogs in the directory.
Statistics resets every week.


Contact | About
© Blog Toplist 2008 - SEO by FeWorks
eXTReMe Tracker