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This quote is in honor of the birthday of President Zachary Taylor. "It's easy to give up. It's even easier to start pointing fingers." Oops! That one actually belongs to Zac Taylor, head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals. The one published BELOW is that of President Zachary Taylor. Taylor's presidency was a rather limited one. He either died or was assassinated (i.e., poisoned) 16 months into his term. There isn't definitive evidence to indicate which of those theories is correct. The science at the time suggested that he died from cholera morbus, which was a term used to describe just about any gastronomical discomfort back then. Interestingly, Taylor was exhumed in 1991 and tested. The results suggested that there were insufficient levels of arsenic in his system to support the conspiracy theory. Instead, the best guess is that the "science" of the time killed him. He was bled and blistered by his physicians and administered calomel, ipecac, opium, and quinine in sufficient dosages to have affected his demise. Taylor was the last President to own slaves. Yet, he was against the spread of slavery. As one might imagine, this wasn't all that uncommon. Accordingly, while the slave trade was banned in Washington, D.C. at the time, slavery itself was not. Consistency has never been a long suit on The Hill. As for the quote below, it's interesting to note how President Taylor thought appointments should be made. He placed an emphasis on a nominee's honesty, capacity, and fidelity (ostensibly to the country). Today, honesty and capacity are usually afterthoughts in favor of fidelity to a particular Party's ideology. In fact, the latter is one of the few traits presidents seem to have shared over the past few decades. Perhaps the difference suggests why nominees used to be nearly unanimously approved in years gone by while they are likely to be trampled and dragged through the mud by the opposing Party in today's political environment. It would have been interesting to witness President Taylor's impact had he survived longer. He favored low tariffs, thought that a President should only exercise veto power if any given the law was unconstitutional on its face, and believed that a President should absolutely not be involved in the making of laws. He also thought the presidency should stand above party politics. Given those positions and the fact that he apparently had read the Constitution), he wouldn't even have a chance of winning a major Party nomination today. P.S. Zachary Taylor was taught how to read and write by his mother. before attending an academy run by Kean O'Hara, a classically trained scholar from Ireland. Given the latter pedigree, I can only assume that he was brilliant. 😉 #president #birthday #quote #nominees #appointments #honesty #capacity #capabilities #fidelity #tariffs #veto #politicalparties

Yesterday, President Biden modeled a behavior that each of us, if we’re lucky, will have to one day choose — to gracefully step aside and let the next generation forge us forward. For some of us, it may be stepping down from our coveted seat on a board. For others, it may be hiring and training your own replacement. For others, it may simply be handing over the keys to your beloved car or truck. One day, Lord willing, we will all reach a point where we have to self-reflect, and keep it H.O.T with ourselves (Honest, Open and Transparent), and pass the baton. This does not mean you’ve lost the race. It simply means you realize you’re not the only one running. That the race isn’t yours alone to win. But it is yours alone to lose. And the only way you lose is by refusing to pass the baton to the next runner…to finish a race that will continue long after you’ve departed. Legacy. Albeit difficult, this selfless act of passing the baton is admirable, noble, and brave. When you think about what you want above all else, this decision likely aligns with that more than staying. You want your work to live on. You want your organization to thrive. You want the people around you to be healthy, whole, and safe. Sometimes accomplishing these things looks like letting go and trusting that the seeds you’ve sown into the next generation will not return unto you null. Sometimes… it’s just time. I commend President Biden for seeing that, accepting that, and continuing the race… just in a different fashion. 😉

In this clip, we delve into the complex legacy of Henry Kissinger, shedding light on diverse perspectives about his impact. We touch upon the controversy surrounding him, but also discuss his more favorable aspects as observed by Singapore-based political scientist, Kishore Mabubani.

"Caught My Eye" is posted at TheWesternWord.com. Here are the topics for today: >Special Counsel & Biden >Trump & SCOTUS >The Super Bowl >Taylor, NFL, & Voting >Reading Assignments #mtpol #SCOTUS #Swifties #ChiefsKingdom

We’ve had a very tumultuous 10 days in American politics. It’s a reminder of many things, but more than anything, it’s a testament to the fact that we owe respect to those that choose to be in the arena. The blessing, and lately the curse, of America is that we allow ideas - messy, confused, inchoate, contradictory - to flourish. At times this ‘marketplace of ideas’ brings out the best in us - challenging our notions and ways of thinking to arrive at the best possible outcome. Lately, however, it’s brought out the worst in us. Rigid dogmas that harden preconceived notions and widen divisions. When politics becomes a game of winners and losers instead of reasoned compromise and debate, we all suffer the consequences. I celebrate President Biden’s last full act of public service in allowing this election to be a contest of competing visions for the future of our country and not a referendum on his mental acuity. He’s a genuinely good man who did an honorable thing today. Let’s reflect on that fact and try to remember what we can accomplish when we keep in mind that there is so much more that unites us than divides us. The world is watching - this is our moment.

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Some interesting info concerning some of our lesser known Presidents.

A message from Laird Eric Wells NRA Benefactor Member Mahoning County GOP Central Committeeman Founder and Administrator of The Patriot League of America 🇺🇸 📜✝️ These words would come back to haunt the 16th US President. They were uttered by him in 1848: “Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and for a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable, – a most sacred right – a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people of an existing government, may choose to exercise it. Any portion of such people that can, may revolutionize, and make their own, of so much of the territory as they inhabit. More than this, a majority of any portion of such people may revolutionize, putting down a minority, intermingled with, or near about them, who may oppose their movement.” His equivocation lends itself to the erroneous notion that has regrettably been accepted as a proper reflection of the vision of our Founding Fathers. Consequently, the belief in the primacy of the central government and its natural authority to nullify the provision of the state -or group of states- is mistaken as a natural portion of the federal government. Nothing could be further from the truth!!!!!!! Equivocations, such as these, are those against which the true patriot is relegated to rail. It is not merely the right- but the duty- to guard the state against not only governmental overreach, but the influences of factions from far away; whose aims have eroded our identity and the sovereignty expressly guaranteed under the law. As for the so-called "Great Emancipator" , one question will perhaps forever remain unanswered. Was his equivocation in this matter an exercise in pandering? Perhaps it was the result of emotional changes that were a by- product of the rare genetic cancer whose deadly effects were stayed but by the hand of John Wilkes Booth!!! LET'S TAKE A STAND FOR OHIO....... VOTE YES ON ISSUE 1 THIS AUGUST 8TH