VANITY FAIR MAGAZINE ON TEDDY ROOSEVELT

"President Theodore Roosevelt would set aside more than 230 million acres for posterity between 1901-1909 - including Arizona's Grand Canyon, Wyoming's Devils Tower, and Crater Lake, in Southern Oregon - equivalent to one-tenth of the American landmass, plus Alaska and Hawaii." - Douglas Brinkley

Read the article on line by clicking on the title link above!

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

Eleanor Roosevelt became one of the most public First Ladies. She went out and met the people and her empathy and understanding of people very different from herself - her heritage - increased dramatically.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

We recently watched the documentary on video about the illegal Mexicans that live in DEER CANYON, in San Diego, who work for cheap and cash at even some of the world's most exclusive resorts. They are living homeless and in a canyon where the developers are making them move camp and in one of the groves there a Catholic church outreach has created a kind of outdoor chapel where they can hear Mass and get a little medical help. Watching this film, one can't help but be grateful for having it so much better as an American citizen.

On the other hand the illegal immigration going on today is different than the immigrations in the past history of the United States. Let's face it - our Presidents - both Democratic and Republican have allowed this immigration, one recently claiming that they do jobs Americans won't do.

Anyone who has ever performed a minimum wage job here in the United States - when qualified to do and be so much more - just spits hearing that. Policies that have made areas of the country of Mexico into vast factory zones where Mexicans who stay in Mexico work for much less pay, manufacturing for companies in the United States, have meant factory shut downs here. Owners just do not want to spoil their own personal profit.

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO ONE THING : JOBS FOR AMERICANS going (either HERE or THERE) to NON-AMERICAN CITIZENS!

This is one of the reasons it is so important for you to BUY AMERICAN PRODUCTS !
THE CONSUMER CAN HAVE GREAT IMPACT !

AMERICAN ARTIST : EDWARD HOPPER

DON'T YOU JUST HATE STORES THAT SELL CLOTHING and HAVE NO DRESSING ROOMS ?

Don't know about you but in my neighborhood stores have opened that sell clothing inexpensively. And if you're broke or you don't make much money yourself, the only options for clothing are stores like these, and thrift shops and garage sales.

This inexpensive clothing is usually sold by first generation immigrants - Chinese - Russian - Armenian - who buy clothes in the garment district (where there are reportedly still illegal immigrants - even slaves - sewing the clothes). THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO TRY ON CLOTHING and a NO RETURN POLICY. It stinks.

But maybe worse are the thrift stores that also have no try ons and no returns.

You can't really save money if you buy clothes that turn out not to fit.

PATRIOTIC TRIBUTE

AMERICAN FLAG

The American Flag was designed by George Washington... Though many reasons have been given for the choice of red and white stripes, some say the first flag was a bit about his Washington family coat of arms or that there were Masonic symbolisms incorporated. George Washington was a Mason.

BID TOMORROW FOR RARE BOOK SOLD BY SOLDIER IN NEED OF MONEY

Click now and hear about this auction... a seven dollar copy of THE FEDERALIST PAPERS now many be worth $100,000 !

"The divorced father of three was 16 when he bought the 227-page book in 1990 after his mother spotted it among book stacks as they browsed at a South Bend, Ind., flea market.

"Harlan's high school history class happened to be discussing "The Federalist" — also known as "The Federalist Papers" — that same week, so he knew the book was special.

"The two-volume set was published months after the Constitution was drafted in September 1787 in Philadelphia. Its collected essays helped rally support for ratifying the document that provided the federal government's framework, said Mark Dimunation, chief of the rare book and special collections division at The Library of Congress." -Rich Callahan

CENSUS OF UNITED STATES - RESOURCES AT www.census.gov

Want to know how the 2010 census information will be used or what materials can be provided for school teachers and children? How about International Trade statistics? Go to this link now!

Having a BRIDAL SHOWER ?

I dare you to throw an AMERICAN MADE bridal shower for your AMERICAN MAID bride to be! That's right! Wedding season is coming up and the bridal showers are a perfect place to have an all American theme. Tell your guests they must all bring presents that are clearly marked MADE IN THE USA! Decorate with an All American theme. Now, of course, we mean red, white, and blue, but many other THEMES for SHOWERS that are possible... For instance, you can decorate with a theme from our history or the history of your town! You can have a colonial or wild wild west theme, for instance!

20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF CHINESE TIANANMEN SQUARE ABUSE

Remind yourself of what happened twenty years ago in China with this Yahoo Canada News article... and remember that the Chinese have been and are primarily COMMUNISTS, that we fought wars all over the globe to prevent the spread of Communism, and that buying Chinese is helping the Chinese wage war on the United States (and yes, some of those politicians and "leaders" who have lead this country right into another Great Depression - Republicans and Demo crates for face value only, are either stupid or traitors to our nation...

Think this is too heavy?

Well, do you have a livable wage job?
Do you know people who have lost their jobs?
Why did they loose their jobs?

D DAY MEMORIAL BROKE

Click to the news about the D Day Memorial that's going broke. So many WW2 Soldiers have now died a natural death that contributions are down....