November 3, 2009
ELECTION REFORM
With re-election so obsessed,
Our Congress has so little time;
By moneyed interests are possessed,
Though bribery is still a crime.
Chicanery becomes a game,
With pious statements on the way;
Just campaign funding is its name,
But money still will have its day.
Reform they shun just like a plague,
It may advantages reduce;
Therefor their clauses are so vague,
So they can play it fast and loose.
Free speech is now a new decoy,
They'll grasp at any new excuse;
PR men all of them employ,
Such lofty phrases they produce.
Please listen not to what they say,
So smoothly they prevaricate;
Reform won't come till Judgement Day,
In Heaven will we have to wait.
Sol the Sage
Election Cake
Yield: 12 servings
1 c Currants, soaked overnight-in a tightly closed jar in
1/2 c -Brandy
1 tb Sugar
3/4 c Scalded Milk
1 Yeast Cake
1/4 c Warm Water
1 c Flour, unsifted
1/2 c Butter
1 c Sugar
2 1/4 c Flour, sifted
1/2 ts Salt
3/4 t Mace
1 ts Cinnamon
1 Egg, whole
1 ts Lemon Rind, grated
2 ts Lemon Juice
-------LEMON OR ORANGE GLAZE------------
----------RECIPE TO FOLLOW--------------
To the scalded milk add 1 Tbsp. sugar; cool. Dissolve
the crumbled yeast in warm water, and add to milk. Add
the unsifted flour, and beat until well blended. Let
rise in warm place until it has doubled in bulk, about
1 hour. Cream butter and sugar until very light. Drain
brandy from currants. Place sifted flour, salt, mace,
and cinnamon in sifter. Add egg to creamed mixture and
beat until light. Stir in lemon rind and juice. Add
yeast mixture and beat thoroughly. Add currants,
retaining the brandy for later. Sift in flour, add
brandy, beat well. Place in tube pan or 9x5 loaf pan
that has been well greased. Cover with a cloth and
place in warm place away from draft. Allow to rise
until doubled in bulk. This mixture rises very slowly
and may take 4 to 6 hours to double in bulk. Bake at
375øF for about 45 minutes. Cool in pan briefly. Turn
out on rack, allow to cool further. Then brush with
lemon or orange glaze.
Source:
The First Ladies Cookbook - 1969.
Chapter on Abraham & Mary Lincoln
How Elections Work..Presidential Elections
The President of the Untied States is elected by the
Electoral College and not directly by the population.
Each state is assigned electoral votes based on the
number of senators and representatives that state has
in Congress. Each state has two Senators. The number
of representatives is determined by the states
population but is never less then 1. Thus small states
with a small population are overly represented in the
Electoral College. One candidate wins all of the
electoral votes in a state.
When does the electoral college meet?
The Electoral College meets on the first Monday after
the second Wednesday in December. Their votes are then
counted again in the presence of Joint Meeting of
Congress sixth day of January to certify the returns.
The candidate that wins over 50% of the electoral
votes becomes President of the United States.
What if no one wins the Majority of electoral votes?
In the case that no candidate wins the majority of
electoral votes, the election is decided by the House
of Representatives. The House of Representatives votes
by state. Thus every state in the House of
Representative gets one vote.
USA History JOKES
How our government works...
A little boy wanted $100 badly and prayed two weeks
but nothing happened. Then he decided to write GOD a
letter requesting the $100. When the postal
authorities received the letter GOD USA, they decided
to send it to President Clinton. The President was so
impressed, touched, and amused that he instructed his
secretary to send the little boy a $5.00 bill.
President Clinton thought this would appear to be a
lot of money to a little boy. The little boy was
delighted with the $5.00 and sat down to write a thank-
you note to GOD which read:
Dear GOD, Thank-you very much for sending the money,
however, I noticed that for some reason you had to
send it through Washington D.C. and, as usual, those
bums deducted $95.00.
Presidential Election History from 1789
2005 Election Year
2000 Election Year
1996 Election Year
President William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton and Vice
President Albert A. Gore, Jr. (Democratic)
1992 Election Year
President William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton and Vice
President Albert A. Gore, Jr. (Democratic)
1988 Election Year
President George Bush and Vice President J. Danforth
Quayle (Republican)
1984 Election Year
President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush
(Republican)
1980 Election Year
President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush
(Republican)
1976 Election Year
President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter F.
Mondale (Democratic)
1972 Election Year
President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Gerald
R. Ford (Republican)
1968 Election Year
President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro T.
Agnew (Republican)
1964 Election Year
President Lyndon B. Johnson and Vice President Hubert
H. Humphrey (Democratic)
1960 Election Year
President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B.
Johnson (Democratic)
1956 Election Year
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President
Richard M. Nixon (Republican)
1952 Election Year
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President
Richard M. Nixon (Republican)
1948 Election Year
President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben W.
Barkley (Democratic)
1944 Election Year
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice President
Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
1940 Election Year
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice President
Henry A. Wallace (Democratic)
1936 Election Year
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice President
John N. Garner (Democratic)
1932 Election Year
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice President
John N. Garner (Democratic)
1928 Election Year
President Herbert C. Hoover and Vice President Charles
Curtis (Republican)
1924 Election Year
President Calvin Coolidge and Vice President Charles
G. Dawes (Republican )
1920 Election Year
President Warren G. Harding and Vice President Calvin
Coolidge (Republican )
1916 Election Year
President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R.
Marshall (Democratic)
1912 Election Year
President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R.
Marshall (Democratic)
1908 Election Year
President William H. Taft and Vice President James S.
Sherman (Republican )
1904 Election Year
President Theodore Roosevelt and Vice President
Charles W. Fairbanks (Republican)
1900 Election Year
President William McKinley and Vice President Theodore
Roosevelt (Republican)
1896 Election Year
President William McKinley and Vice President Garret
A. Hobart (Republican)
1892 Election Year
President Grover Cleveland and Vice President Adlai E.
Stevenson (Democratic)
1888 Election Year
President Benjamin Harrison and Vice President Levi P.
Morton (Republican)
1884 Election Year
President Grover Cleveland and Vice President Thomas
A. Hendricks (Democratic)
1880 Election Year
President James A. Garfield and Vice President Chester
A. Arthur (Republican)
1876 Election Year
President Rutherford B. Hayes and Vice President
William A. Wheeler (Republican)
1872 Election Year
President Ulysses S. Grant and Vice President Henry
Wilson (Republican )
1868 Election Year
President Ulysses S. Grant and Vice President Schuyler
Colfax (Republican)
1864 Election Year
President Abraham Lincoln and Vice President Andrew
Johnson (Republican)
1860 Election Year
President Abraham Lincoln and Vice President Hannibal
Hamblin (Republican)
1856 Election Year
President James Buchanan and Vice President John C.
Breckinridge (Democratic)
1852 Election Year
President Franklin Pierce and Vice President William
R.D. King (Democratic)
1848 Election Year
President Zachary Taylor and Vice President Millard
Fillmore (Whig)
1844 Election Year
President James K. Polk and Vice President George M.
Dallas (Democratic)
1840 Election Year
President William H. Harrison and Vice President John
Tyler (Whig)
1836 Election Year
President Martin Van Buren and Vice President Richard
M. Johnson (Democratic)
1832 Election Year
President Andrew Jackson and Vice President Martin Van
Buren (Democratic)
1828 Election Year
President Andrew Jackson and Vice President John C.
Calhoun (Democratic)
1824 Election Year
President John Q. Adams and Vice President John C.
Calhoun (No distinct Party designation)
1820 Election Year
President James Monroe and Vice President Daniel D.
Tompkins (Dem.-Rep.)
1816 Election Year
President James Monroe and Vice President Daniel D.
Tompkins (Dem.-Rep.)
1812 Election Year
President James Madison and Vice President Elbridge
Gerry (Dem.-Rep.)
1808 Election Year
President James Madison and Vice President George
Clinton (Dem.-Rep.)
1804 Election Year
President Thomas Jefferson and Vice President George
Clinton (Dem.-Rep.)
1800 Election Year
President Thomas Jefferson and Vice President Aaron
Burr (Dem.-Rep.)
1796 Election Year
President John Adams and Vice President Thomas
Jefferson (Federalist)
1792 Election Year
President George Washington and Vice President John
Adams (Federalist )
1789 Election Year
President George Washington and Vice President John
Adams (Federalist)
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