Tag: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
August 14, 2017 /

“Let us not be afraid to help each other—let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt, July 8, 1938

More than a year has passed since I wrote the post below, and if anything, things have only gotten worse. The Republican candidate is now president. The ideals my father fought for, and a generation of young people risked and lost their lives for, have been desecrated. A man with…

Read the post“Let us not be afraid to help each other—let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt, July 8, 1938
July 10, 2014 /

FDR Campaigns at the Hollywood Bowl – 1932

February 17, 2014 /

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. FDR First Inaugural Address

October 17, 2013 /

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Let us not be afraid to help each other—let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.    

October 17, 2013 /

Winston Churchill

Of this I am quite sure, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.
September 28, 2013 /

MARILYN MONROE and LUCILLE BALL have a brush with COMMUNISM

October 25, 2012 /

FDR – AND A LOCK OUT AT PARAMOUNT IN 1937

Kudos to John Stewart – I saw this on his broadcast a couple of weeks ago and it’s still resonating. Especially since the last debate in which Romney portrayed himself as Obama-lite. And, you can all heave a sigh of relief, this is my last political post – at least…

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September 6, 2012 /

FDR IN HOLLYWOOD

Shirley Temple and Eddie Cantor cut President Roosevelt’s birthday cake: The President’s motorcade through downtown Los Angeles: The President addresses Los Angeles: