HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT!!!

[ZombieNixon]

Born January 30, 1882.

[JohnKleeb]

1. One of the best ever, sigh would be nice to have him still with us

[nicolemrw]

2. a tool in the hand of god

and i want him for president again!

[indepat]

3. My second grandchild, a boy, was born exactly 100 years later on

Juanuary 30, 1982.

[CubsFan1982]

4. Wish you were still here

You won WWII from a wheelchair. George W. Bush fights his wars from a closet.

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

5. My Toast...

I delivered this tonight at our First Annual Roosevelt Day Dinner (martini in hand, of course...)

"Sixty-five years ago this nation struggled with economic calamity, while across broad oceans the armies of tyranny were on the march. In that dark hour one voice told Americans "We have nothing to fear." In the humanity's most desperate moment, one voice imagined a better world, a world based on Four Freedoms: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom from Want and Freedom from Fear. The world that he imagined, my friends, remains ours to create, but his voice and his vision invigorate us as Democrats and ennoble us as human beings. In this dark hour we go forward committed, and we go forward united, and we go forward always without fear. In celebration of his 123rd birthday, I give you a gallant leader, Franklin Delano Roosevelt."

Happy Days, y'all!

[Bouncy Ball]

6. ...

:cry:

I never knew him, yet I miss him. Happy Birthday, Mr. President!

[ikojo]

7. George W Bush and his pals in the Republican and

Democratic parties are doing EVERYTHING they can to dismantle much of what Roosevelt did. People do not realize or remember that before Roosevelt's New Deal much of the US resembled a third world nation. The government programs of the 30s and 40s (GI bill for instance) are what created the now shrinking middle class.

The following article should make you scream for an OPPOSITION party (that would be a party that does not rubber stamp everything the majority party desires. A party that CHALLENGES the majority party and even votes AGAINST the majority party). Does anyone know where one could find an opposition party in the US?

There is a class war and it is one of the rich against the poor and the Republicans and Democrats are their foot soldiers.

From "eyeing a GOP legacy" in the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47559-2005Jan29.html

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But a recurring theme of many items on Bush's second-term domestic agenda is that if enacted, they would weaken political and financial pillars that have propped up Democrats for years, political strategists from both parties say.

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GOP strategists, likewise, hope that the proposed changes to Social Security can transform a program that has long been identified with the Democrats, creating a generation of new investors who see their interests allied with the Republicans.

Less visible policies also have sharp political overtones. The administration's transformation of civil service rules at federal agencies, for instance, would limit the power and membership of public employee unions -- an important Democratic financial artery.

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The Bush administration has also challenged predominantly Democratic organized labor, especially public employee unions, on a host of fronts. The most recent was a major revision of civil service rules at the Department of Homeland Security that the administration would like to expand to the entire government over the next few years. The National Labor Relations Board has helped make it harder for unions to represent temporary workers, among several rule changes pushed by GOP appointees.

[Jack Rabbit]

8. Strike a blow fo Social Security!!

It is in danger. It must be preserved.

[UTUSN]

9. I Wish a Lennie Concert for "My" FDR

[AlGore-08.com]

10. Images of the FDR Memorial

[elperromagico]

12. Even little Fala.

:D

[UTUSN]

11. Good Night, Sweet Prince