History for September 26

History for September 26 - On-This-Day.com
John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) 1774, T.S. Eliot 1888, George Gershwin 1898 


Donna Douglas 1939, Serena Williams 1981, Shamu 1985 


1777 - Philadelphia was occupied by British troops during the American Revolutionary War. 


1789 - Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's first Secretary of State. John Jay was appointed the first chief justice of the U.S. Samuel Osgood was appointed the first Postmaster-General. Edmund Jennings Randolph was appointed the first Attorney General. 


1914 - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission was established. 


1918 - During World War I, the Meuse-Argonne offensive against the Germans began. It was the final Allied offensive on the western front. 


1955 - The New York Stock Exchange suffered its worst decline since 1929 when the word was released concerning U.S. President Eisenhower's heart attack. 


1960 - The first televised debate between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy took place in Chicago, IL. 


1962 - "The Beverly Hillbillies" premiered on CBS-TV. 


1964 - "Gilligan's Island" premiered on CBS-TV. The show aired for the last time on September 4, 1967. 


1969 - "The Brady Bunch" series premiered on ABC-TV. 


1981 - The Boeing 767 made its maiden flight in Everett, WA. 


1986 - William H. Rehnquist became chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court following the retirement of Warren Burger. 


2000 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act. The act states that an infant would be considered to have been born alive if he or she is completely extracted or expelled from the mother and breathes and has a beating heart and definite movement of the voluntary muscles. 


2001 - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres announced plans to formalize a cease-fire and end a year of fighting in the region. 

Critics Are Claiming This Could Be the Real Reason Behind Attorney General Eric Holder’s Resignation | TheBlaze.com

Critics Are Claiming This Could Be the Real Reason Behind Attorney General Eric Holder’s Resignation | TheBlaze.com:

"Critics are drawing a connection between a federal judge’s recent decision to deny the Justice Department’s request to delay the release of a list of Fast and Furious documents and Attorney General Eric Holder’s impending resignation."

Former Obama Admin Health Policy Adviser’s Stunning Claims About Death and the Elderly: ‘Feeble, Ineffectual, Even Pathetic’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Former Obama Admin Health Policy Adviser’s Stunning Claims About Death and the Elderly: ‘Feeble, Ineffectual, Even Pathetic’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, a former Obama administration health policy adviser and the brother of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, said in a recent op-ed that 75 is the ideal age to die, claiming that “living too long” can often lead to a “deprived” state — one that sometimes causes people to be remembered as “feeble, ineffectual, even pathetic.”

Zombie » Climate Movement Drops Mask, Admits Communist Agenda

Zombie » Climate Movement Drops Mask, Admits Communist Agenda:

"At the New York event, many people noticed that gee, there sure are a lot of communists at this march. But in Oakland — always on the cutting edge — the entire “climate change” movement at last fully, irrevocably and overtly embraced communism as its stated goal. Any concerns about “optics” or operating in “stealth mode” were abandoned.

The “climate change” “crisis” is now nothing but the latest justification for “total revolution” and getting rid of capitalism forever."



The pictures in this story tell the story

Lois Lerner Claims the IRS Did Nothing Wrong. The Data Say Otherwise.

Lois Lerner Claims the IRS Did Nothing Wrong. The Data Say Otherwise. - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Obama Cites Moderate Muslim in U.N. Speech — There’s Just One Problem | TheBlaze.com

Obama Cites Moderate Muslim in U.N. Speech — There’s Just One Problem | TheBlaze.com:
“It is simply amazing that just a few months ago the State Department had to publicly apologize for tweeting out its support for Bin Bayyah, only to have Barack Obama go before the leaders of the entire world and publicly endorse Bin Bayyah’s efforts,” said Patrick Poole, a journalist who has tracked Bin Bayyah, according to the Free Beacon. “It seems that nothing can stop this administration’s determination to rehabilitate Bin Bayyah’s image, transforming him from the Islamic cleric who issued the fatwa to kill Americans in Iraq and calling for the death of Jews to the de facto White House Islamic mufti.”

This is GREAT----Les Misérables Flash Mob - Orlando Shakespeare Theater

LANSING, Mich.: Dems urged to end online absentee ballot program

LANSING, Mich.: Dems urged to end online absentee ballot program | National Politics | News Democrat:
"LANSING, MICH. — The state is urging the Michigan Democratic Party to suspend a new program that lets people apply online for absentee ballots, saying would-be voters are being disenfranchised close to the Nov. 4 election.
Elections Director Chris Thomas wrote a letter Friday to party Chairman Lon Johnson, saying that the site www.miabsentee.com isn't ready for a statewide rollout before Election Day.
Thomas cited security issues and said that only 72 percent of 197 applications submitted and stored on the political party's server were actually received by local clerks.
"Our foremost concern is the possible disenfranchisement of voters who attempted to use the miabsentee.com online application and whose applications were not successfully delivered to the appropriate local election official," Thomas told Johnson.
"Your policy of continuing to operate the production site while making changes to it is an ill-advised practice that may create more harm to Michigan voters."

Issa: Lerner should talk to Congress, not just the media | WashingtonExaminer.com

Issa: Lerner should talk to Congress, not just the media | WashingtonExaminer.com:

“The American people deserve the opportunity to hear Lois Lerner’s testimony under oath,” Issa said. “If Lerner had nothing to hide and did nothing wrong in the IRS targeting scandal, she would have chosen to answer basic questions about her conduct instead of obstructing Congress’ investigation."

Miss a Payment? Good Luck Moving That Car

Miss a Payment? Good Luck Moving That Car:
"The thermometer showed a 103.5-degree fever, and her 10-year-old’s asthma was flaring up.
Mary Bolender, who lives in Las Vegas, needed to get her daughter to an emergency room, but her 2005 Chrysler van would not start.
The cause was not a mechanical problem — it was her lender.

Ms. Bolender was three days behind on her monthly car payment.
Her lender, C.A.G. Acceptance of Mesa, Ariz., remotely activated a device in her car’s dashboard that prevented her car from starting. 
Before she could get back on the road, she had to pay more than $389, money she did not have that morning in March.
This new technology is bringing auto loans — and Wall Street’s version of Big Brother — into the lives of people with credit scores battered by the financial downturn.

VIRAL VIDEO: Cop Goes Nuts When Driver Exercises His Constitutional Rights at Police Checkpoint

VIRAL VIDEO: Cop Goes Nuts When Driver Exercises His Constitutional Rights at Police Checkpoint:
"Did you know that the U.S. Constitution is the real  law of the land? Did you know that the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution protects us from “unreasonable searches and seizures,” protecting us from arbitrary searches for no reason?
Did you know that this applies to local matters as well? "

Stop politicians from stealing from our children and giving to rich corporations!-----Cato Institute Study Quantifies Ex-Im Winners and Losers

Cato Institute Study Quantifies Ex-Im Winners and Losers | Mercatus

Obama: ‘This Is Not America’s Fight Alone’

Obama: ‘This Is Not America’s Fight Alone’ | TheBlaze.com:
"Seeking to downplay the image of America launching a new unilateral military mission, President Barack Obama said the first round of airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State were done with a broad coalition of allies in the Middle East and asserted: 
“This is not America’s fight alone.””"

Record number of Americans are losing the itch to get hitched

Record number of Americans are losing the itch to get hitched | Rare:
"In 2012, 20% of Americans (that’s 42 million Americans for those counting) 25 and older had never been married, which is up from 9% in 1960. 
Broken down by gender, 23% of men and 17% of women have yet to tie the knot.
Wendy Wang and Kim Parker, the report’s authors, found that many prefer shacking up to having that white picket fence with three little boys and a dog named Skip."

Freshmen: Here Are the Friends and Values We Want You to Have

Freshmen: Here Are the Friends and Values We Want You to Have | Minding The Campus:
"At Delaware, the “community values” being pushed by the university were, for example, this version of anti-racism:
A racist is one who is both privileged and socialized on the basis of race by a white supremacist (racist) system. 
The term applies to all white people (i.e., people of European descent) living in the United States, regardless of class, gender, religion, culture or sexuality.

Fortunately, Chancellor Chopp’s ideas are more like Cass Sunstein–style “nudges” than like Delaware’s “treatment.”
In addition to requiring students to have roommates selected by the university, Chopp would support year-long “orientation programming,” perhaps mandatory, to ensure that students are having enough diversity in their contacts with others.
It may seem valuable, as Chancellor Chopp has put it, for colleges to be “cultivating social and intellectual skills in the context of community. 
Let’s … think consciously about how students are developing their character and wisdom.”
But that sounds manipulative.
Asking freshmen to share a room with a roommate with a different background seems harmless. Guiding students toward values the college thinks they ought to have sounds too much like Big Brother."

VIDEO: Incredible Story of Resilience: Shot 27 Times by Al Qaeda, Lived to Tell About It

VIDEO: Incredible Story of Resilience: Shot 27 Times by Al Qaeda, Lived to Tell About It:

"Day was serving in Iraq’s Anbar’s Province when he and another Navy SEAL came face-to-face with four heavily armed al Qaeda terrorists. The enemy fired first, knocking Day’s rifle out of his hand. The SEAL who was with him was shot once and died. Day, on the other hand, was shot an incredible 27 times and lived to tell his story, though he himself can’t believe it."

Feel-good story of the day!------IRAQI SUICIDE BOMB MAKER ACCIDENTALLY BLOWS HIMSELF UP ALONG WITH 22 STUDENTS

IRAQI SUICIDE BOMB MAKER ACCIDENTALLY BLOWS HIMSELF UP ALONG WITH 22 STUDENTS |:
"It was a day like no other at the ISIS school of suicide bombers where a man was teaching a group of around 50 students how to make a suicide vest.
All of a sudden, the teacher accidentally set off the bomb killing himself and 21 students as well as injuring another 15.
 An Iraqi Army officer explains that the teacher, whose name is being withheld, has been confirmed, “as a recruiter of young militants.”
The officer went on to share his ecstatic mindset saying that the man was finally, “able to kill the bad guys for once.”"

History for September 25

History for September 25 - On-This-Day.com
William Faulkner 1897, Barbara Walters 1931, Juliet Prowse 1936


Michael Douglas 1944, Cheryl Tiegs 1947, Mark Hamill 1951


Christopher Reeve 1952, Heather Locklear 1961, Will Smith (Fresh Prince) 1968


1513 - The Pacific Ocean was discovered by Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa when he crossed the Isthmus of Panama. He named the body of water the South Sea. He was truly just the first European to see the Pacific Ocean. 


1775 - Ethan Allen was captured by the British during the American Revolutionary War. He was leading the attack on Montreal. 


1789 - The first U.S. Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution. Ten of the amendments became the Bill of Rights. 


1847 - During the Mexican-American War, U.S. forces led by General Zachary Taylor captured Monterrey Mexico. 


1978 - Melissa Ludtke, a writer for "Sports Illustrated", filed a suit in U.S. District Court. The result was that Major League Baseball could not bar female writers from the locker room after the game. 


1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court when she was sworn in as the 102nd justice. She had been nominated the previous July by U.S. President Ronald Reagan. 


1983 - A Soviet military officer, Stanislav Petrov, averted a potential worldwide nuclear war. He declared a false alarm after a U.S. attack was detected by a Soviet early warning system. It was later discovered the alarms had been set off when the satellite warning system mistakenly interpreted sunlight reflections off clouds as the presence of enemy missiles. 


1995 - Ross Perot announced that he would form the Independence Party. 


2012 - China launched its first aircraft carrier into service.

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

http://www.libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-road-block-by-tammy-derouin-last.html

Our freedoms and our sovereignty are disappearing.  Do you feel freedom has increased or decreased since the 2008 election?  How are your unalienable rights holding up?   Do you feel you can express your thoughts or beliefs without fear of retribution from the government?  Has this administration strengthened our military, supported our allies and protected our borders?  Do you feel the president has the best interests of the American people in mind or do you feel like we the people, are the road block?

School Accused of ‘Purging’ Christian Books

School Accused of ‘Purging’ Christian Books:
"It’s hard to imagine that any school would have a problem with a book about a Christian family that helped Jews escape the Holocaust.
But Springs Charter Schools in Temecula, Calif., not only had a problem with “The Hiding Place,” they also took issue with any other book that was written by a Christian author or included a Christian message."

New Study on the Cause of Global Warming Might ‘Take People by Surprise’

New Study on the Cause of Global Warming Might ‘Take People by Surprise’ | TheBlaze.com:
"A new study suggests that the warming trend on the West Coast over the last century was not caused by human activity but more so by a change in the winds."
It's all about control.  
They can't control the climate but they will control the humans. When did we become so gullible? 

Union Bullying Members is Shedding Them: Over 500 People Leave Operating Engineers

Union Bullying Members is Shedding Them: Over 500 People Leave Operating Engineers [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"An official from a Michigan union that bullied members who opted out under the state's right-to-work law by printing their names in its online newsletter is now saying they have had to abandon local public school bargaining units for lack of support.
In its winter 2013 newsletter, Operating Engineers Local 324 used the derogatory term “freeloaders” to identify 19 members who had opted out of the union under the right-to-work law.
At that time, Business Manager Doug Stockwell said the union had “weathered the storm” with right-to-work.
Michigan Capitol Confidential broke that story and it went on to receive national media attention.
By the summer of 2014, that list of “freeloaders” had grown to 503 members. 
And Stockwell’s tone had changed.
Now, the union official talked about “walking away” from public school bargaining units that simply no longer wanted to support their union."