GAY COMMUNITY.. Oct 21, 2009
Acadiana Anti-Thiest wrote on Oct 20, 2009 10:41 AM:" To Right Gay Guy....I 100% support gay rights and believe that the military should repeal DADT . I also think that gays should be allowed to be married..Love is Love. But, saying that President Obama is one of our greatest Presidents is laughable. Please allow me to throw a few names at you. John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt. Ronald Reagan. These were a few of our great Presidents. Obama will fall somewhere around Jimmy Carter... (New Iberia, LA)
God and Guns, Part 2 Oct 20, 2009
The prayer of President John Adams, the first president to occupy the White House, was inscribed on the mantel in the State Dining Room: "I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.". And Moses and/or the Ten Commandments are depicted a whopping 64 times on the U.S. Supreme Court building. (Townhall.com)
Rich Lowry: Obama's Bush-bashing reveals much about the new president Oct 20, 2009
During our first inaugural marking a presidential transition, John Adams thought he could almost hear George Washington thinking: "I am fairly out and you fairly in! See which of us will be happiest.". Obama complains of having to clean up what he charmingly calls "somebody else's mess." Obama took office during a stomach-churning financial crisis, and he now brags "we've rescued our economy from catastrophe.". (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Obituaries, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009 (824) Oct 20, 2009
and will be officiated by the Rev. John Adams, also of Thornton. In lieu of flowers, gifts or donations to: St. Marks Episcopal Church, P. O. Box 737, Ashland, NH 03217 or Beach Methodist Church, P.O. Box 5090, Fort Myers Beach, FL 33932 to support future musical programs. (Vincennes Sun Commercial, IN)
Founding Fathers Knew Best Oct 17, 2009
Writing to John Adams in 1794, George Washington contended that the United States had no real reason to encourage immigration. Washington said that except of useful mechanics and some particular descriptions of men or professions, there is no need of encouragement [of immigration], while the policy or advantage of its taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be much questioned; for, by so doing, they retain the Language, habits, and principles (good or bad) which they... (The American Conservative)
Comma Rule No. 1Joining Independen... Oct 16, 2009
d. John Adams came in second in the election so he became the first vice president. e. Adams later became president but served only one term. (Suite101.com)
Whittlesey: Conservatives Must Review Foreign Policy Oct 16, 2009
As John Adams said, "We do not go abroad in search for monsters to destroy." We should reread the history of empires that lost blood and treasure in foreign wars. The U.S. military and homeland security budgets consume resources that America can no longer afford to expend on arguably imprudent and utopian missions to remake other governments and cultures. (Newsmax)
Critics eye city's ethics committee Oct 16, 2009
By JOHN ADAMS Senior Staff Writer ... "The real name of the game is about prevention. Wildes said he believes one of the biggest problems in ethics violations is the issue of conflicts of interest. He said he believes education can help prevent this. A lot times stuff happens that s wrong probably because people don t know they are crossing lines, Wildes said. Wildes will remain chair of the Ethics Review Board until their next election in August where he can either be reelected as chair or... (The Maroon, LA)
After Health Care Win, Debate Continues Oct 15, 2009
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2009. Senate Finance Committee's Vote Boosts Chances of Overhaul Bill. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Chief Justice Margaret Marshall, Cambridge resident, to be honored Oct 15, 2009
The Massachusetts Bar Association will honor Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall, a Cambridge resident, at its fourth annual Bench-Bar Symposium at the John Adams Courthouse on Oct. 21. Only the fifth recipient of the prestigious Chief Justice Edward F. Hennessey Award, Marshall will be recognized for her many accomplishments over the past decade as leader of the state s judicial branch. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Obama vs. Media Critics: Stop Whining Oct 14, 2009
But their assaults on the president are gentle when compared with the battering that Benjamin Franklin Bache's Philadelphia Aurora administered to John Adams (appropriately) or the trashing that Colonel McCormick's Chicago Tribune gave Franklin Roosevelt (inappropriately). To suggest that Fox is not a news network simply because Sean Hannity echoes RNC talking points would be like suggesting that the Aurora was not a newspaper because it took cues from Tom Jefferson or that the Tribune was not a... (CBS News)
Gloves Are Off Oct 13, 2009
I think that I was thinking about if there was a Sean Hannity around back in the days of Thomas Jefferson or John Adams or George Washington, he'd probably say to them, "What are you doing complaining about this? You've really benefited from the system. Look at all the money you've made, you know." Would you say that to them. You know. (Fox News)
The Question Of Leadership Oct 11, 2009
John Adams the second President, for instance, was diametrically opposed to slavery and George Washington the First President was a slave owner. Nevertheless, they compromised and worked together for the common good of the new nation. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
PELOSI'S HOUSE WORKING SLACKER HOURS... Oct 8, 2009
House: Working hard or hardly working. - Jake Sherman - POLITICO.com. (The Drudge Report)
LETTER: Enemies and friends see how we are divided Oct 8, 2009
Would you call George Washington, John Adams, etc. greedy and corrupt. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Trickle Down Dudanomics Oct 7, 2009
In his Oct. 8 debut, Dudamel will lead the orchestra in a new piece by composer John Adams called City Noir, which was commissioned by the Phil, and close with Gustav Mahlers First Symphony. Hell conduct the Mahler piece Friday through Sunday too. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Not much traction, but still running Oct 7, 2009
There is a Foxborough doctor named John Adams (no relation to the former president). There is a computer technician from Dedham named Joe Kennedy (no relation to the former congressman). (Boston Globe)
He runs for the love of the sport (3) Oct 7, 2009
"There were 14 houses on our street," he said, "and 102 children between them. It was a lot of fun. Everybody got along and of course everybody played all kind of sports. I liked playing team sports but my favorites were the ones where I competed with myself. I was in gymnastics for a while and could blame no one but me if I didn't do well. "John Adams High School was a large school," he added. "There were lots of different cultures there, and I think that was good. "He did very well in... (Brewton Standard, AL)
Anna (Avitabile) Bova Oct 6, 2009
For those who wish, donations in Anna s memory may be made to the John Adams Health Care Center Activities Dept., 211 Franklin Street, Quincy, MA 02169. Loading commenting interface. (Braintree Forum, MA)
A pox on you Oct 4, 2009
Although John Adams did not take a public stance at this time, in 1776 he sent a letter to his wife Abigail, who was contemplating having their family inoculated, expressing his hope that smallpox would spread so more people would recognize the need for inoculation ... Signed into law by John Adams, these acts created a hybrid system that forced captains, crews, and federal customs officers to comply with state quarantine and health laws but, in emergencies, allowed the secretary of the treasury... (Boston Globe)
Norwell Police log: Sept. 21-28 Oct 2, 2009
11:30 p.m. John Adams Dr., disturbance. SUNDAY, SEPT. 27. (Norwell Mariner, MA)
How Moses Shaped America Oct 2, 2009
The Moses image was so pervasive that on July 4, after signing the Declaration of Independence, the Congress asked Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and John Adams to propose a seal for the United States. Their recommendation: Moses, leading the Israelites through the Red Sea as the water overwhelms the pharaoh. (Time.com)
No more on running through Scripture on a football Friday night Oct 1, 2009
Sept. 6, 1774 was the very first meeting of the Congress of the U.S. The historical records show they opened with prayer and the prayer session lasted 3 hours long. John Adams wrote wife Abigail about the session and told her that Congress had studied 4 chapters of the Bible that morning ... This was signed by four people including the British ambassador, Ben Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
What Would John Adams Drink? Oct 1, 2009
What Would John Adams Drink ... John Adams drank a tankard of cider nearly every morning of his life. (Slate)
A chance for imagination Oct 1, 2009
I went to John Adams High School in Ozone Park. Technically, Breslin ran for City Council president. (Boston Globe)
Powerful women line up for Coakley Sep 30, 2009
And Coakley is being given an award tonight by the Massachusetts Women s Political Caucus that is named for Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams. There s certainly a sense that this is historic, said Jesse Mermell, a Brookline selectwoman and former executive director of the Massachusetts Women s Political Caucus, who, for professional reasons, has not endorsed in the race. (Boston Globe)
Leadership prayer breakfast addresses challenges to Christianity Sep 26, 2009
"That is directly from the Treaty of Tropoli, signed in 1797 by John Adams and unanimously by every senator at the time.Or this quote, from Mr Benjamin Franklin:"I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some doubts as to [Jesus's] divinity".http://exchristian.net/exchristian/2002/03/ben-franklin-quotes.phpMr Moersch, our Founding Fathers may have believed in a higher power, but they were most certainly NOT Christian.How dare you take their flee from persecution and use it for your... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Josefowicz Joins Symphony for S.P. Concert Sep 26, 2009
Josefowicz, who the London Observer hails as "a world-class player," joins the orchestra in John Adams's challenging Violin Concerto a work that the accomplished soloist has perfected over the course of her career ... The violinist requires "feats of focus and strength," says composer John Adams. (The Pilot Newspaper)
House passes bill to create Adams family memorial Sep 25, 2009
The House of Representatives has passed legislation paving the way for a memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D. C. to John Adams, the Braintree native who became the first vice president and second president of the United States, as well as his wife Abigail and their son John Quincy, the sixth U. S. president ... There has been a surge of interest in John Adams in recent years ... In September, 2008, John Adams, HBO s seven-part miniseries based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography... (Braintree Forum, MA)
'Damages' Augments Cast For Third Season Sep 24, 2009
Other actors who will appear in the upcoming season of Damages, which is produced by Sony Pictures Television and and FX Productions, include Ebon Moss-Bachrach (John Adams), Michael Gaston (Fringe) and Darren Goldstein who appeared in the show's inaugural season as "Chris Sharp." More Content. Voices. (Multichannel News)
Peabody Awards Issues Call for Entries & Welcomes Four New Board Members Sep 23, 2009
The honorees ranged from HBO's historical drama John Adams to the Internet phenomenon YouTube. com, from Crossfire: Water, Power and Politics, a documentary produced by KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, to Jungle Fish, a film for young people from the Korean Broadcasting System. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Have our politicians no shame at all? Sep 23, 2009
Look at what the government is in bed with -- cap-and-trade, SEIU, ACORN, the ACLU's John Adams Project -- and apologizing to other countries for being Americans, bowing to other leaders. The United States of America bows to no one but almighty God. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Atlanta Symphony chief to step down Sep 23, 2009
How many other orchestras are playing John Adams or Osvaldo Golijov operas. She put a lot of time and energy into her relationships with the organization, and it s pretty rare for a musician to be able to speak his mind with management. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Don't Tread on Me! Sep 22, 2009
John Adams declared, "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people." Yet we've bastardized the First Amendment, reinterpreted America's religious history, denied our Christian heritage, and secularized our society, and now we ooze skepticism and circumvent religion on every level of public and private life. . (Townhall.com)
Press Censorship in American Histor... Sep 22, 2009
During the John Adams administration, relations with France deteriorated. France had undergone nearly a decade of internal strife that began with the 1789 French Revolution and ended with the Reign of Terror under Robespierre. (Suite101.com)
ESPN: Upset Drops USC Out of Top 10 Sep 21, 2009
AP Poll voter John Adams breaks down the newest pollTags. NEW YORK -- Southern California dropped nine spots and out of the top 10 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, and Washington moved into the rankings for the first time in six years. (ABC News)
Letters to the editor (9/20/09) Sep 20, 2009
I hope some of the readers out there will gain some insight from this excerpt of a letter to John Adams from Thomas Jefferson in 1816. "You ask if I would agree to live my 70 or rather 73 years over again? To which I say yea. I think with you that it is a good world on the whole, and that it has been framed on a principle of benevolence, and more pleasure than pain dealt out to us. There are indeed (who might say nay) gloomy and hypochondriac minds, inhabitants of diseased bodies, disgusted with... (Anchorage Daily News)
Golf notes (31) Sep 20, 2009
Leading the way was the family group of Bill, Ernie and Tom Braun, along with Tom's father-in-law, Russ Hurley, who combined to shoot 141, tying the group of Mike Lipson, SR Van Deursen, John Adams and Bob Leal. But after the tie-breaker, the "Braun Family" got the win. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
The personal letter is quickly becoming a thing of the past Sep 20, 2009
What e-mail could capture anything like the romantic correspondence between Founding Father John Adams and his wife, Abigail, at the height of the American Revolution. She once wrote to him, To-morrow I return home, where I hope soon to receive the dearest of friends, and the tenderest of husbands, with that unabated affection which has for years past, and will whilst the vital spark lasts, burn in the bosom of your affection. (Boston Globe)
The end of the Me generation? Sep 19, 2009
In fact, in the first 124 years of the United States, John Adams was the only president who just once addressed a joint congressional session. So barring a major national security crisis, it s a good bet that President Obama will not be speaking anytime soon to another joint session on Capitol Hill. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
The One Thing Sep 17, 2009
To give you an idea of some truly vicious and nasty accusations from American history, let's revisit the 1800 election presidential campaign between former best friends: Thomas Jefferson and the incumbent John Adams ... Adams was called a "tyrant"; unpatriotic; a "repulsive pedant"; "gross hypocrite" in his private life; one of the most "egregious fools upon the continent." John Adams was also called a "hideous hermaphroditical character, which has neither the force and firmness of man, nor the... (Fox News)
Five Alternatives to Mark Levin Sep 17, 2009
In an era when it was often taken for granted that America was a fundamentally liberal nation, a creation of the Enlightenment and revolution, Kirk argued that there was a persistent, if diversified, conservatism running from the English statesman Edmund Burke through the American Revolution, the Constitution, both the Federalist John Adams and the Jeffersonian John Randolph of Roanoke, through John C. Calhoun and Nathaniel Hawthorne all the way to such 20th-century thinkers as Irving Babbitt,... (The American Conservative)
A Republic, if You Can Keep It Sep 16, 2009
Listen to what John Adams had to say about Democracy. Democracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no mans life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure. (Townhall.com)
53 comments Sep 15, 2009
The John Adams Project - HUMAN EVENTS. The John Adams Project by Bill O'Reilly 09/12/2009 ... That is why I am so enraged by the John Adams Project, a group of subversive Americans affiliated with the ACLU who are sneaking around taking pictures of CIA agents who may have interrogated captured al-Qaida guys in the wake of the Sept. 11 attack. (Human Events Online)
Skate Park Update: Two juveniles detained Sep 15, 2009
LOL - Did you vote for George Washington or John Adams. " Missy wrote on Sep 14, 2009 2:30 PM:" Facts: I will be 50 in March. (Cameron Observer, MO)
Bill O'Reilly: Remembering 9/11 Sep 15, 2009
Earlier this week, "The Factor" reported on the John Adams Project, whereby radicals are secretly photographing CIA agents and sending the pictures to terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay ... DAN BANK, "FACTOR" PRODUCER: I have some questions about the John Adams Project ... NINA GINSBERG, ATTORNEY, JOHN ADAMS PROJECT: You need to talk to people at the John Adams Project. (Fox News)
The John Adams Project Sep 12, 2009
When I think of the terrorist atrocity that happened eight years ago, I feel deeply for people like Vic and Christina Colaio. These two fine Americans lost their sons Stephen and Mark, who both worked in the World Trade Center. (Human Events Online)
Is Obama the First President To Get Heckled When Speaking to Congress? Sep 11, 2009
George Washington and John Adams both delivered spoken State of the Union addresses, but Thomas Jefferson found the practice too monarchic and decided to write his instead. For the next 112 years, his successors followed suit. (Slate)
Abrasive town hallers falling into Obama's trap Sep 11, 2009
Free Thinker wrote on Sep 10, 2009 6:09 PM:" To Fact Check:Your definition of "Federalist" as those who supported a strong central government not a small government & they believed in a national bank,government debt is the contemporary definition. I embrace the historic definition of "Federalist" by defining a Federalist the way John Adams, our 4th president, would have when he said:"We base all our experiments on the capacity of mankind for self-government" ". Free Thinker wrote on Sep 10, 2009... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Government should never get your trust Sep 10, 2009
" Sounds like you're making al this up, too. I like how a UN convention magically became US law. So, if what you claim is even remotely true, why aren't ACLU bedwetters handing out subpeonas? Instead, they chase CIA employees to take their photos to show to your beloved terrorists. You know, the John Adams project. ". cross1242 wrote on Sep 9, 2009 1:53 PM:" "xdfred" @ Sep 9, 2009 1:08 PM objected to the "I pledge" video by referencing to Phyllis Schlafly and saying, "having to pledge a... (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Talking Points Sep 10, 2009
A group calling itself the John Adams Project, affiliated with the ACLU, is secretly photographing CIA agents and showing the pictures to suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, among others ... Dan Bank with FOX News Channel with "The O'Reilly Factor." I have some questions about the John Adams Project ... NINA GINSBERG, JOHN ADAMS PROJECT: You need to talk to the people at the John Adams Project. (Fox News)
Cheneys Disdain For The Law Is Appalling Sep 10, 2009
Evidently, Cheney has never read of, or has longforgotten the fact that as noted for, example, byour nation s very first vice president, John Adams ours is a government of laws, and not of men. To our immediate past vice president,such sentiments represent nothing more than partisan politics. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Philip Holmes: Conservative rhetoric 'delusional' Sep 10, 2009
The second president, John Adams, wrote, "Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are so extremely wise and useful that to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant.". Presidents have applied the authority of their position to promote education since the founding of our country. (Athens Banner-Herald)
The truth about Labor Day Sep 6, 2009
The members of the First Continental Congress, who included John Adams, Patrick Henry, George Washington, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock, declared they would encourage frugality, economy, and industry ... The conflict between the work ethic and the popular love of leisure was so strong that when British forces appeared poised to invade Philadelphia in the fall of 1777, John Adams told his wife of his secret wish for the revolutionary capital to be captured by the British, for it would cure... (Boston Globe)
Burnham and the Bodysnatchers Sep 4, 2009
Instead, he thought John Adams to have spoken for his colleagues when he wrote that human passions are insatiable ; that self-interest, private avidity, ambition and avarice will exist in every state of society and under every form of government ; and that reason, justice and equity never had weight enough on the face of the earth to govern the councils of men. Finally, James Burnham cultivated the tragic view of history, one that separates him by a vast divide from the shallow triumphalism and... (The American Conservative)
People everywhere are mad at their politicians Sep 4, 2009
John Adams, Ben Franklin & Thomas Jefferson would call it incumbency. That s the habit of people to vote over & over for the same old tired retreads. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
University has plan for emergency situations Sep 4, 2009
By By JOHN ADAMS Senior Staff Wrier ... John Adams can be reached at jradams1@loyno. (The Maroon, LA)
Famous people who used to teach Sep 4, 2009
John Adams: The second president of the United States spent a few years working as a schoolteacher in Worcester, Massachusetts. Teaching didn't suit Adams, who thought his students were nothing more than a "large number of little runtlings, just capable of lisping A, B, C, and troubling the master." He eventually gave up the job to go to law school. (CNN)
On health care reform and the constitutionality of Medicare Sep 4, 2009
Bill White, Have you read the John Adams Biography by David McCullough. Adams would find your assertions, your name-calling and your ignorance absurd. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
LETTER: Conservatives lie about health care reform Sep 2, 2009
" John Adams 1735-1826 ". even steven wrote on Sep 1, 2009 10:07 AM:" Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism. --Vladimir LeninAmericans don't want socialized health care. ". (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Exhibit at ISU will feature John Adams' books, notes Sep 1, 2009
This portrait of John Adams is part of the exhibit Adams Unbound at Illinois State University ... NORMAL - President John Adams liked books ... Now the general public can get a glimpse through "John Adams Unbound," a national traveling exhibit that makes a six-week stop in Normal starting today. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Bulletin Board Sep 1, 2009
HISTORICAL RE-ENACTMENT. On Sunday, Sept.13, at 2 p.m. First Congregational Church, 12 Elm St., John Adams, Judge Samuel Niles and other prominent patriots will re-enact the most famous day in Braintree s history the presentation of The Braintree Instructions by John Adams, a speech that enflamed the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, stirred a nation, and ignited the American Revolution. Admission is free. (Braintree Forum, MA)
Norwell Police log: Aug. 17-24 Aug 28, 2009
8 a.m. John Adams Drive, vandalism. 8:24 a.m. Pine St., request to speak with an officer. (Norwell Mariner, MA)
Laura Linney Likes THE C WORD Aug 28, 2009
On the small screen, she was first noted for her turn in the PBS series "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City" which continued for two more installments on SHOWTIME, "More Tales of the City" and "Further Tales of the City." She earned Emmys for her work on "Frasier" and in SHOWTIME's "Wild Iris." She starred most recently in the Emmy-winning HBO mini-series "John Adams" - her performance as Abigail Adams earned her Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Award wins. She earned Oscar nominations for her... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Grouseland remains a Vincennes treasure Aug 27, 2009
President John Adams appointed Harrison to be the first governor of the Indiana territory, so in 1801 he and his family moved to Vincennes. His home, Grouseland, was finished in 1804, one of the first brick structures in Indiana. (Vincennes Sun Commercial, IN)
