Tag: Abraham Lincoln

Happy Presidents Day, courtesy of The Daily Show.

There are five known copies of The Gettysburg Address in President Abraham Lincoln’s hand…and each one is phrased just a bit different. Today is the 150th Anniversary of this landmark speech and I am proud to post the version that appears on the Lincoln Memorial for Blogging Blue readers: Four…

“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.” — Abraham Lincoln in his first Annual Message to Congress, December 3,…

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Hypocrisy), was on 60 Minutes this week and turned the simplest questions into an adventure(enough so to make Sarah Palin proud). Cantor was speaking with interviewer Lesley Stahl, who asked if he was ready to start compromising with Democrats on taxes. Cantor said he was…

“The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but can not do at all, or can not so well do, for themselves–in their separate, and individual capacities.” – Abraham Lincoln It’s unfortunate that today’s Republicans aren’t a little more…

Having been at the Capitol almost non-stop since last Wednesday, here are some great links into what has been going on down there and elsewhere. Lots of pics soon and forgive me if these links have been posted! Scott Walker owes the Koch Brothers! Did I mention that Walker owes…

“If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.” – Abraham Lincoln

The Wisconsin GOP made national news yet again! This time it was not Paul Ryan\'s Hypocrisy, or Scott Walker\'s incompetence, or Jill Bader\'s racist tweets. This time it is Republican State Senate candidate, Dane Deutsch joining the Hitler admiration society. Dane Deutsch of Rice Lake posted a message on his…