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Who was Abraham Lincoln?

By Joe Weber | Published: July 17, 2009
1. Lincoln.  The Man, the Myth, and finally… the Truth – It was 200 years ago that arguably the greatest President of the United States was born.  But what’s fact and what’s fiction?  We in the general public tend to forget that Honest Abe was, at his core, a politician.  He was also an abolitionist, [...]
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Geither is in the real estate market

By Joe Weber | Published: March 23, 2009
1. US Treasury to use $1 Trillion against toxic debt - up to $100 Billion from TARP is going to be used to buy up toxic assets like bad mortgages.  Expect Tim Geither to be showing up at open houses ALL over the country very very soon.  (From the London Times) 2. President Obama Laughs off [...]
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Lincoln’s 200th Birthday

By Joe Weber | Published: February 12, 2009
1. Happy Birthday Mr. 16th President Abraham Lincoln would have been 200 yrs old today. Test what you think you know about him, with a nifty quiz from the PBS show “Looking for Lincoln.” And don’t forget to watch “Looking For Lincoln too.” Which you can do, online, right here… (From Whitehouse.gov, and [...]
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Watch This Documentary | The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

By Joe Weber | Published: February 10, 2009
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln PBS | American Experience Our 16th President’s 200th Birthday is on Thursday.  Documentary Filmmaker Barak Goodman does nothing short of a stunning job retelling the planning, the execution, and the chaos that followed the Assassination of President Lincoln. Much of the piece focuses on the man who pulled the trigger, John Wilkes Booth, [...]
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