North Korea says enters state of war against South | Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/30/us-korea-north-war-idUSBRE92T00020130330

Report: Obama Daughters Skiing in Sun Valley, Idaho

Report: Obama Daughters Skiing in Sun Valley, Idaho

God Bless America song THIS SHOULD GET YOUR ATTENTION

The link below will take you to a video showing the very first public singing of "GOD BLESS AMERICA".
But before you watch, you should also know the story of the song.
The time was 1940. America was still in a terrible economic depression. Hitler was taking over Europe and
Americans were afraid we'd have to go to war. It was a time of hardship and worry for most Americans.

This was the era just before TV, when radio shows were HUGE, and American families sat around their
radios in the evenings, listening to their favorite entertainers, and no entertainer of that era was bigger than
Kate Smith.
Kate was also large in size, and the popular phrase still used today is in deference to her, "Ain't over till the
fat lady sings". Kate Smith might not have made it big in the age of TV, but with her voice coming over the
radio, she was the biggest star of her time.

Kate was also very patriotic. It hurt her to see Americans so depressed and afraid of what the next day
would bring. She had hope for America, and faith in her fellow Americans. She wanted to do something to
cheer them up, so she went to the famous American song-writer, Irving Berlin (who also wrote "White Christmas")
and asked him to write a song that would make Americans feel good again about their country.
When she described what she was looking for, he said he had just the song for her. He went to his files and
found a song that he had written, but never published, 22 years before - way back in 1917, during the first World War. He gave it to Kate Smith and she worked on it with her studio orchestra. She and Irving Berlin were not sure how the song would be received by the public, but both agreed they would not take any profits from God Bless America. Any profits
would go to the Boy Scouts of America.

Over the years, the Boy Scouts have received millions and millions of dollars in royalties from this song.

This video starts out with Kate Smith coming into the radio studio with the orchestra and an audience.

She introduces the new song for the very first time, and starts singing. After the first couple of verses, with her voice in the background still singing, scenes are shown from the 1940 movie, "You're In The Army Now."

At the 4:20 mark of the video you see a young actor in the movie, sitting in an office, reading a paper. It is Ronald Reagan.

Frank Sinatra considered Kate Smith the best singer of her time, and said when he and a million other guys first heard her sing "God Bless America" on the radio, they all pretended to have dust in their eyes as they wiped away a tear or two.

To this day, God Bless America stirs our patriotic feelings and pride in our country. Back in 1940, when Kate Smith went looking for a song to raise the spirits of her fellow Americans, I doubt she realized just how successful the results would be for her fellow Americans during those years of hardship and worry, and for many generations of Americans to follow. Now that you know the story of the song, I hope you will enjoy it and treasure it even more.
NOW HERE IS HOW "GOD BLESS AMERICA" SHOULD BE SUNG!


http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?feature=player_embedded&v=TnQDW-NMaRs#%21

How well do we treat our employees and their families

Spring break for a 13 year old - on taxpayers' dime.

Obama’s 13 year-old daughter went, with 12 friends, on “spring break” to Oaxaca Mexico. All on your dime. She took two jets, 12 friends and 25 secret service men. A thirteen year-old!!! Why haven’t you heard about it? The Obama Administration had the Secret Service scouring the web ordering that any website mentioning this be taken down because letting the travel plans out could endanger the president’s daughter’s security. Nonsense, the “royal couple” just want to hide the way they are ripping off the U.S. taxpayer. Only a few Canadian Web sites still have it up. This trip cost more than most Americans make in their entire lifetimes!
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/maliamexico.asp

Biden to Take Third Vacation of the Year | The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier
http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2013/03/29/biden-vacation-year/

The Mystery of the Tiny Door in a Tree | NBC Bay Area
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/The-Mystery-of-the-Tiny-Door-in-a-Tree-200540021.html

Pope Francis washes feet of young detainees in ritual
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/03/28/pope-frances-washes-feet/2028595/