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  • Darin Jordan
    Fast Electric Addict!
    • Apr 2007
    • 8335
    #1

    Happy constitution day!!!

    HAPPY CONSTITUTION DAY!!

    What an AMAZING document... written over 200 years ago... isn't it amazing that it directs our conduct on the internet and in modern life today!

    Thank you to those brilliant minds that provided this for us!


    Constitution Day - September 17, 2025 | U.S. Constitution
    http://www.constitutionday.com/
    Constitution Day is September 17, 2025. Celebrate the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of the United States of America and the Federal Government of the United States. The United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787, by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Learn about the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, Amendments to the Constitution, and our Founding Fathers. Extensive collection of constitutional books and DVDs.
    Darin E. Jordan - Renton, WA
    "Self-proclaimed skill-less leader in the hobby."
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    • Punisher 67
      Ignore list member #67
      • May 2008
      • 1480
      #2
      Would kind of like to add to this with recent great presidents . had this emailed to me a while back , what a model for a great president

      Harry Truman
      Harry Truman was a different kind of President. He probably made as many important decisions regarding our nation's history as any of the other 42 Presidents. However, a measure of his greatness may rest on what he did after he left the White House.

      The only asset he had when he died was the house he lived in, which was in Independence Missouri . His wife had inherited the house from her mother and other than their years in the White House, they lived their entire lives there.

      When he retired from office in 1952, his income was a U.S. Army pension reported to have been $13,507.72 a year. Congress, noting that he was paying for his stamps and personally licking them, granted him an 'allowance' and, later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year..

      After President Eisenhower was inaugurated, Harry and Bess drove home to Missouri by themselves. There were no Secret Service following them..

      When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined, stating, "You don't want me. You want the office of the President, and that doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the American people and it's not for sale."

      Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to award him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it, writing, "I don't consider that I have done anything which should be the reason for any award, Congressional or otherwise."

      As president he paid for all of his own travel expenses and food.

      Modern politicians have found a new level of success in cashing in on the Presidency, resulting in untold wealth. Today, many in Congress also have found a way to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their offices. Political offices are now for sale. (sic. Illinois )

      Good old Harry Truman was correct when he observed, "My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference!

      I say dig him up and clone him!!
      Necessity is the mother of invention.............

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        • Flying Scotsman
          Fast Electric Adict!
          • Jun 2007
          • 5190
          #3
          "Good old Harry Truman was correct when he observed, "My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference!"

          That states it all and you can also add some CEO's to that observation

          Douggie

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            • AndyKunz
              Fast Electric Addict!
              • Sep 2008
              • 1437
              #4
              Originally posted by Peter Zicha
              Today, many in Congress also have found a way to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their offices. Political offices are now for sale. (sic. Illinois )
              What a lot of guys don't realize is that "Illinois Politics" just went National. Hopefully the law will catch up with them, too.

              GREAT THREAD, Darin!

              Andy

              PS - It's not the whole state, just that portion north of I-80.
              Spektrum Development Team

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                • wirenut67
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 137
                  #5
                  Darin,

                  Thank you for a wonderful post that should put much into perspective for many!


                  Mike

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