Archive for October, 2010

Q&A: History help please! Civil War?

Question by Nick: History help please! Civil War? 1. What does Lincoln believe the South fears most about his Republican administration? A) That the administration is going to take away their homes. B) That the administration is going to interfere with their slaves. C) That the administration is not going to buy any more cotton. [...]

Q&A: Have you heard that the government has been dumbing down our children the past 60 years? This test proves it.?

Question by Sam B: Have you heard that the government has been dumbing down our children the past 60 years? This test proves it.? What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895 –Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any [...]

Q&A: Ramadan: Whatchya think, ey?

Question by ∙_∙: Ramadan: Whatchya think, ey? -Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. -Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. -Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. -There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. -The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing. -A shark is the only [...]

Q&A: Have you heard the government has been dumbing down our children? This test proves it.?

Question by John L: Have you heard the government has been dumbing down our children? This test proves it.? What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895 –Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the [...]

The Democrats’ attack on executive privilege shows blatant disregard for the Constitution.?

Question by GREAT_AMERICAN: The Democrats’ attack on executive privilege shows blatant disregard for the Constitution.? The Democrats’ attack on executive privilege shows blatant disregard for the Constitution. Republicans aren’t exactly racing to defend President Bush’s assertion of executive privilege against Congress’s investigation of his firing of nine U.S. attorneys. This leaves former political director Sara [...]

Some great facts to help “keep the faith”. No rude, mean or crude comments, please.?

Question by ₪ ̻ V ¡ ¢ ז☺я ɣ ̻ ₪: Some great facts to help “keep the faith”. No rude, mean or crude comments, please.? I will ignore mean/rude/crude criticism/comments, so no point posting them. These are from one of my fave books with some impute from me. The book is called “If There [...]

Should Republican Jim Bunning apologize to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

Question by AtiaoftheJulii: Should Republican Jim Bunning apologize to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg? Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.), already in political trouble for 2010, didn’t help matters any over the weekend. At a Lincoln Day Dinner speech over the weekend, Bunning predicted that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would likely be dead from [...]

Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895?

Question by ole_gimlet_eye: Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895? This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 from Salina, KS. USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smoky Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS and reprinted by the Salina Journal. 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, [...]

Q&A: Do you guys want to see some useless facts?

Question by ♥kai♥: Do you guys want to see some useless facts? 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. Shakespeare [...]

Donate money to Hillary and sleep in the Lincoln Bedroom or get a friend out of jail.?

Question by Pookie: Donate money to Hillary and sleep in the Lincoln Bedroom or get a friend out of jail.? The Clintons have a long tradition of providing overnight stays in the Lincoln Bedroom of the Whitehouse to their big donors. Currently there are forty-nine of the Clintons’ Lincoln Bedroom guests are among the 250 [...]