Archive for March, 2008
Holiday Market
Closed Published by mr.president March 31st, 2008 in PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, PRESIDENTIAL CHRISTMAS, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, US PRESIDENTS, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, JIMMY CARTERHaving already provided the gifts which say “I Love the 70s” for Christmas
and the Fourth of July , Jimmy Carter is bringing his word wrangling magic to Mothers Day with a book about, um, his Mom.
A Remarkable Mother hits the shelves April 1.
The Truman Show [Trial]
Closed Published by mr.president March 30th, 2008 in AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTS ABROAD, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, JOSEPH STALIN, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, HARRY S.TRUMAN, US PRESIDENTS, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, VICE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORYWitness for the Prosecution
The impetuous youth of Long Island’s Ward Melville High School are taking Harry Truman to trial, charged with crimes against humanity for the Hiroshima bombing.
Joseph Stalin is among the witnesses summoned from beyond to make the case against Ol’ Harry.
The defense bizarrely offers intimidating the Russians as […]
Bushie Tales
Closed Published by mr.president March 29th, 2008 in LAURA BUSH, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN HISTORY, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENT'S CHILDREN, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, POLITICAL HUMOR, PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, US PRESIDENTS, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, GEORGE H.W. BUSH, GEORGE W. BUSHFather Figures
Production looms for Oliver Stone’s long awaited George W. Bush biopic “W.”
The story of Bush’s uncertain rise to greatness, the title has shifted from “Bush” in the course of preproduction, “Young Bush” apparently having been rejected.
How they deal with the already existing “W: The Movie” is […]
Rough Ride
Closed Published by mr.president March 28th, 2008 in AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, VICE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, US PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL SITES, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORYBook ‘Em!
Their dream of a massive paperless Teddy Roosevelt Presidential Library has run into trouble, and plucky North Dakota may beat them in the race to debut a presidential library with no actual documents. Now the Theodore Roosevelt Association is having trouble keeping what papers it owns.
The former acting Executive […]
You’ve Seen The Movie…
Closed Published by mr.president March 27th, 2008 in PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, PLACES & THINGS NAMED REAGAN, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, POLITICAL HUMOR, RONALD REAGAN, PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, PRESIDENTIAL SITES, US PRESIDENTS, GEORGE W. BUSHNow Live The Life!
Another puzzled visitor to the Reagan Library tries to make sense of the odd angles taken:
“There is Air Force One (you can go inside!), there’s Marine One, there are those big black Secret Service Suburbans, and, revealingly, there’s even an LAPD police car and motorcycle, just because those […]