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By: Spanish translation

Spanish translation — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:37:34 +0000

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By: a Librarian

a Librarian — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:26:40 +0000

AH
Any comments on the book Larry Flynt is publishing, One Nation Under Sex?
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There was more to the Founding Fathers and past presidents like Abraham Lincoln than we were ever taught in history class or were able to read in a book.But now, thanks to porn king Larry Flynt, we can read all the sordid details because according to him, the lives of the nation’s past presidents were governed by sex.
In his new book One Nation under Sex, he takes an up-close-and-personal look at the sex lives of the Founding Fathers and beyond.
While historians are marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, Flynt is pushing his expose of the seamier side of United States presidents and first ladies.
He told The Daily Beast: ‘There’s been a lot left out of history books, and we wanted to be more inclusive. For 35 years I’ve been exposing corrupt politicians, and I wanted to know if our Founding Fathers had the same follies or not.’
Some of the things Flynt reveals in his book are how Ben Franklin helped save the American Revolution by seducing French women, that Dolley Madison slept around, and James Buchanan’s gay love affair with a slave owner was a boon for secessionists.
He also claims that Abe Lincoln liked to share beds with men and Eleanor Roosevelt’s lesbian affairs helped her become a crusader for equal rights. He also talks about the sexual prowess of Bill Clinton and JFK.
Speaking of his book, Flynt said: ‘Don’t get me wrong – I’m the first person to defend a philandering president if he can still balance the budget. But I think discretion should play a part in it.’
Flynt teamed up with Columbia University lecturer David Eisenbach to write his book, in order to give it some credibility.
He said: ‘I knew no one would read a historical book by a pornographer so I brought him in for the credibility.’
Eisenbach said that many academics scorn books written for public consumption and certainly those dealing with sex lives, ‘so I knew this wouldn’t help my career,’ he admits. ‘But there’s more to life than tenure.’
Some of the things that Flynt unearthed particularly irritated him.
He said: ‘I think Jefferson was like the Energizer Bunny with more than just Sally Hemmings if you know what I mean. Historians have stayed clear of anything that might be unsavoury about the guy who drafted the Constitution.’
According to the Daily Beast, Flynt was also surprised to discover that Buchanan had a gay lover yet supported slavery.
He said: ‘You’d think he’d identify with oppressed people but he was a staunch segregationist.’
Eisenbach said that 2012 presidential candidates should not rest easy in the hope that the book has taken over all of Flynt’s spare time.
He said: ‘He has kind of held back a bit, but as we get closer to the election there will be more revelations forthcoming.
‘Let’s just say, for example, that if you are making a big stand against gays in the military or gays marrying, you’d better have a clean bill of health on your own marriage vows.’
Flynt will begin the book tour this month but said he has his eye very much on the next election cycle: ‘For more than 30 years, we’ve established ourselves as people who pay for information, and we are constantly looking for and getting it.
‘There’s some people I’ve had my eye on for a long time in the Senate and Congress and eventually things will materialize.
‘We focus on all of them, but the conservative Republicans make it so easy, they’ve got so much baggage.’

By: a Librarian

a Librarian — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:15:17 +0000

On this day in 1865, in the midst of his ‘March to the Sea’ during the Civil War, General William T. Sherman and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton met with 20 Black community leaders of Savannah, Georgia. Based in part to their input, Gen. Sherman issued Special Field Order #15 on January 16, 1865, setting aside the Sea Islands and a 30 mile inland tract of land along the southern coast of Charleston for the exclusive settlement of Blacks. Each family would receive 40 acres of land and an army mule to work the land, thus “forty acres and a mule.” Gen. Rufus Saxton was assigned by Sherman to implement the Order. On a national level, this and other land, confiscated and abandoned, became the jurisdiction of the Freedman’s Bureau, which was headed by Gen. Oliver Otis Howard (Howard University).

In his words he wanted to “…give the freedmen protection, land and schools as far and as fast as he can.” However, during the summer and fall of 1865, President Johnson issued special pardons, returning the property to the ex-Confederates. Howard issued Circular 13, giving 40 acres as quickly as possible. Upon his knowledge, Johnson ordered Howard to issue Circular 15, returning the land to the ex-Confederates.

By: AH

AH — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:15:28 +0000

We are still in 1865==========Kate King mistress of bandit William Quantrill who passed himself off as a “Confederate Guerilla” has become beneficiary of a will the fallen villain penned when he was captured by Union soldiers shortly before the Civil War ended.

Madame King has gone to St Louis where she has invested the money in opening a fashionable house-of-ill-fame. She has had business cards printed which she proposes to distribute at reunions of “Quantrill’s Raiders,” where she will be a regular guest of honour.

Visitors are warned not to speak ill of Quantrill on her premises, as she is ready with her pistol if she hears her former lover described as the vicious butcher he was!

By: General Info

General Info — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:55:49 +0000

Consider a Commuter Savings Account

Barbara Weltman, Esq.

Use pretax dollars to pay for commuting expenses with a Commuter Savings Account. This lowers taxable income — and money left in the account at the end of the year rolls over to the next year.

Under rules through 2011, employees can put up to $230 per month in pretax dollars into their commuter account for mass-transit passes, including van pools and $230 per month for qualified parking. For 2010, $20 a month is allowed for biking expenses, but you cannot claim the biking benefits in any month in which you use the parking or mass-transit benefits.

These accounts are set up by employers at their discretion — if your company does not offer them, ask about having them established.

Personal interviewed Barbara Weltman, Esq., an attorney based in Millwood, New York, and publisher of the free online newsletter, Big Ideas for Small Business, http://www.barbaraweltman.com.