Union General and 18th President of the U.S., Ulysses S. Grant, and his wife, Julia Dent Grant. The General Grant National Memorial in New York City became part of the National Park Service on this date in 1958. General Grant died of throat cancer in 1885.
“No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.”
From WND books:
“Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed! A Small Lesson in Conservatism” is a wonderful way to teach young children the valuable lessons of conservatism. In simple text, parents and children follow Tommy and Lou on their quest to earn money for a swing set their parents cannot afford. As their dream gets stuck in Liberaland, Tommy and Lou’s lemonade stand is hit with many obstacles.
Liberals keep appearing from behind their lemon tree, taking half of their money in taxes, forbidding them to hang a picture of Jesus atop their stand, and making them give broccoli with each glass sold.
Law after law instituted by the press-hungry liberals finally results in the liberals taking over Tommy and Lou’s stand and offering sour lemonade at astronomical prices to the customers.
You’ll probably want to pick up a copy of Conservatives are from Mars (Liberals are from San Francisco), too.
Link via pandagon.net.
Also from the L.A. Times:
The historic Max Whittier estate, known in the ’70s as the Beverly Hills home of Saudi Sheik Mohammed al Fassi, has been divided and sold as two parcels.
Fred Wehba, a founder of the privately owned, Century City-based commercial real estate investment company BentleyForbes, and his wife, Suzi, purchased a 2-acre parcel for $6.6 million. They plan to build a 14,000-square-foot house plus 7,000 square feet of underground parking, a pool and a tennis court.
The adjacent, 1.6-acre site was sold for about $5.6 million to a local buyer who also plans to build a home there. Details were not available.
The combined 3.6-acre property, two blocks east of the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard, provoked neighbors when the sheik put brightly colored plastic flowers in the outdoor Grecian urns and painted the white plaster statues of nudes on the front veranda in natural skin and hair tones. The sheik also painted the stately white mansion lime green. The home was built for Beverly Hills co-founder Max Whittier.
From the Los Angeles Times:
The Beverly Hills home of the late actor Randolph Scott has come on the market for the first time since it was built in 1950. The asking price is $6 million.
Scott, who played a cowboy in many western movies, died in 1987 at 89. His widow, Patricia, died in May at 85. He was a top box-office star in the late ’40s and early ’50s.
His longtime home is at the end of a cul-de-sac backing the L.A. Country Club, and it has golf course and city views. The house was built for the Scotts at a cost of $400,000. It was designed by Burton Schutt, who gave the midcentury house a pan-Asian influence. The gated 1-acre property has six bedrooms and eight bathrooms in slightly more than 7,800 square feet.
A lanai overlooks the free-form pool. A sunroom with skylights is situated between the two master bedroom suites. The home also has rolling lawns, a circular driveway, a porte-cochere and a guest cottage.
“Is it me or is Bush going everywhere Kerry goes? So far in the past week, President Bush has followed John Kerry to Davenport, Iowa; New Mexico; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; and he follows him to Portland, Oregon. The only place he never followed John Kerry was Vietnam.”
“In a stunning announcement, New Jersey Governor James McGreevey announced that he had an extramarital affair with another man. Finally, a Democrat who can honestly say, ‘I did not have sex with that woman!’”
“President Bush appeared with Arnold Schwarzenegger at a huge campaign event. Only in California can a governor who speaks German and a president who can barely speak English try to make themselves clear to an audience that’s primarily Spanish. What a country we live in!”
Jay Leno
was signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt on this date in 1935.
I’m 35 years old. If nothing is done to improve Social Security, what can I expect to receive in retirement benefits from the program?
Unless changes are made, at age 73 your scheduled benefits could be reduced by 27 percent and could continue to be reduced every year thereafter from presently scheduled levels.
I’m 25 years old. If nothing is done to change Social Security, what can I expect to receive in retirement benefits from the program?
Unless changes are made, when you reach age 63 in 2042, benefits for all retirees could be cut by 27 percent and could continue to be reduced every year thereafter. If you lived to be 100 years old in 2079 (which will be more common by then), your scheduled benefits could be reduced by 33 percent from today’s scheduled levels.
Should I count on Social Security for all my retirement income?
No. Social Security was never meant to be the sole source of income in retirement. It is often said that a comfortable retirement is based on a “three-legged stool” of Social Security, pensions and savings. American workers should be saving for their retirement on a personal basis and through employer-sponsored or other retirement plans.
Is there really a Social Security trust fund?
Yes. Presently, Social Security collects more in taxes than it pays in benefits. The excess is borrowed by the U.S. Treasury, which in turn issues special-issue Treasury bonds to Social Security. These bonds totaled $1.5 trillion at the beginning of 2004, and Social Security receives more than $80 billion annually in interest from them. However, Social Security is still basically a “pay-as-you-go” system as the $1.5 trillion is a small percent of benefit obligations.
More informative Q&A about Social Security.
Aggravating game, first mentioned on NewMexiKen one year ago today.
… of Earl Weaver. The former Orioles manager is 74.
… of Dash Crofts. The Crofts of Seals and Crofts is 64.
… of David Crosby. The Crosby of Crosby, Stills and Nash is 63. Before that, of course, Mr. Crosby was a founder of The Byrds. He was last arrested — charged with criminal possession of a weapon and possession of marijuana found in his luggage — in March.
… of Susan St. James. The wife of McMillan and Wife is 58. McMillan was played by Rock Hudson.
… of Danielle Steel. The author is 57.
… of Gary Larson. The Far Side cartoonist is 54.
… of Earvin “Magic” Johnson. Magic is 45.
… of Susan Olsen. Cindy, of The Brady Bunch, is 43.
… of Halle Berry. The Academy Award winner is 38.
A supporter once called out, “Governor Stevenson, all thinking people are for you!” And Adlai Stevenson answered, “That’s not enough. I need a majority.”
Via Daily Kos who got it from NPR.
Actually, you don’t need a majority, as four presidents can attest (J.Q. Adams, Hayes, B. Harrison, G.W. Bush). Gee, three of those were direct descendants of previous one-term presidents.
Today, not August 7, appears to be the birthday
… of Steve Martin, born in Waco, Texas, on this date in 1945.
… of Ernest Thayer, the man who wrote “Casey at the Bat,” born on this date in 1863.
Sorry for the error.
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