DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER Archive
Bedford Falls: World War Two Done Right?
0 Comments Published by mr.president July 17th, 2010 in AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, VICE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, US PRESIDENTS, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, HARRY S.TRUMAN, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORYQuit Your Stalin
Americans like to think of D-Day as a splendid battle which, while tough, prefigured our inevitable sweep to victory over Germany. How it came to be that most of the German army was elsewhere, or where the slave laborers who built the Germans’ “Atlantic Wall” came from are petty distractions.
So it comes […]
Operation Overblown: Excess Eisenhower Comes To Washington
0 Comments Published by mr.president March 27th, 2010 in AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, VICE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, US PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, LYNDON JOHNSON, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, PRESIDENTIAL SITES, RICHARD NIXONArchitects of Victory
Presidential grade inflation reaches a tragic apotheosis with the unveiling of an exciting new Frank Gehry design for DC’s long awaited Eisenhower Memorial.
The scheme accomplishes so many goals:
- obliteration from sight of DC’s only recognition of Lyndon Johnson.
- dimming if not completely blocking Education Department views of the Capitol, giving […]
Fakes, Frauds, & Founders
0 Comments Published by mr.president February 18th, 2010 in PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, FOUNDERS!, PRESIDENTIAL HOMES, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, US PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, PRESIDENTIAL SITES, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, GEORGE WASHINGTONBehold These Goofs
Unable to stage signing the “Mount Vernon Statement” at, um, Mount Vernon, massed conservatives held their event instead at the swanky Collingwood Library & Museum, a former dinner theatre venue on property once owned by George Washington and now available for wedding rentals.
Mount Vernon wouldn’t let them hold a political […]
The First Great Wave Of Bush Nostalgia!
0 Comments Published by mr.president February 10th, 2010 in PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN HISTORY, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATIONS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, RONALD REAGAN, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, US PRESIDENTS, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, GEORGE W. BUSHBush Backwash
Oppressed small businessman hope to invent fond memories of the Bush Era, starting with this provocative billboard.
Such miracles have been wrought before with creative application of the writerly arts, even with Bush himself, so watch out.
Washington’s War On Christmas, & Your Part In It
1 Comment Published by mr.president December 25th, 2009 in BARACK OBAMA, PLACES & THINGS NAMED REAGAN, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTS ABROAD, NANCY REAGAN, MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, PRESIDENTIAL CHRISTMAS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, US PRESIDENTS, ULYSSES S. GRANT, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, FIRST LADIES, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORYGood Lord, They Got To Karl!
“This year, I was lucky enough to get an invitation to the White House media holiday party, which would have been called a Christmas party if U.S. Grant were still president.” - Bill O’Reilly
Strenuous efforts to uphold the banner of Christ in the White House continue, although they appear increasingly […]