Be sure to read the last part. Not a joke..There's never a Winebulance around when I need one!!!!***************************************************************************************************YOU WILL.PROBABLY. NEVER.SEE THIS AGAIN.Thought you'd enjoy this!It's one you want your Children and Grandchildren to read. � They won't believe this happened, but it DID.��� Harry & BessHarry Truman was a different kind of President. He probably made as many, or more important decisions regarding our nation's history as any of the other 32 Presidents preceding him. However, a measure of his greatness may rest on what he did after he left the White House.The only asset he had when he died was the house he lived in, which was in Independence , Missouri . His wife had inherited the house from her mother and father and other than their years in the White House, they lived their entire lives there.When he retired from office in 1952 his income was a U.S. Army pension reported to have been $13,507.72 a year. Congress, noting that he was paying for his stamps and personally licking them, granted him an 'allowance' and later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year.After President Eisenhower was inaugurated, Harry and Bess drove home to Missouri by themselves. There was no Secret Service following them.When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined, stating, "You don't want me. You want the office of the President, and that doesn't belong to me.. It belongs to the American people and it's not for sale."Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to award him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it, writing, "I don't consider that I have done anything which should be the reason for any award, Congressional or otherwise."As president he paid for all of his own travel expenses and food.Modern politicians have found a new level of success in cashing in on the Presidency, resulting in untold wealth. Today, too many in Congress also have found a way to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their offices. Political offices are now for sale (ie. Illinois ).Good old Harry Truman was correct when he observed, "My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference!We ought to have cloned him for telling it like it is and being frugal with our tax dollars!If you agree, forward it. If you don't, delete it. I don't want to know one way or the other. By me forwarding it, you know how I feel.Enjoy life now -- it has an expiration date!
A friend sent me an example of three naval ships.
The first is an aircraft carrier named after Ronald Reagan.
Regular readers know I’m a big fan of the Gipper, and I’ve shared several inspirational Reagan videos (see here, here, andhere). So I’m understandably appreciative of the USS Reagan.
Next, we have a ship named after Bill Clinton.
We’re obviously entering make-believe territory, and I would have preferred this joke to target Jimmy Carter because Clinton actually turned out to be a pretty good President.
Or, to be more precise, we got reasonably good policy during the Clinton years.
In any event, I can certainly see the humor in this image.
Though I’m surprised there isn’t a reference to coed bunks.
Or interns.
Or cigars.
Or…well, you get the point.
By the way, if you like Bill Clinton humor, you can enjoy my favorites by clicking here, here, here, here, and here.
Last but not least, we have a new naval vessel that captures the Obama Administration.
I’m surprised there’s not also a reference to a website, but maybe this set of images was put together before the cluster-you-know-what of Obamacare.
To close, let’s share some more Obama mockery. We have this t-shirt, this Pennsylvania joke, this Reagan-Obama comparison, this Wyoming joke, this Bush-Obama comparison, this video satire, and this bumper sticker.
Daniel J. Mitchell is a top expert on tax reform and supply-side tax policy at the Cato Institute.