44 Presidents Coming is either the perfect antidote or the perfect complement to all the Inaugural excitement. Though not complete yet, it will continue to be updated until all 44 presidents are....there. I'm particularly partial to
Teddy.
posted by sleevener
on Jan 16, 2009 -
35 comments
U.S. Presidents have had
an uneven relationship with technology. The
Clinton Presidential Library has more than 40 million White House emails on record (but
only two are from the man himself). The Bush Administration, on the other hand, junked the Clinton archival process and replaced it with
a comically inept alternative that has lost more than five million messages,
many concerning official government business. (President Bush, for his part, gave up his longtime address --
G94b@aol.com -- just before his inauguration). Even the Reagan White House had
its share of problems with the digital age. Now, as
tech-savvy Barack Obama prepares to implement
his technology plans, does he have a shot at
dragging the Oval Office into the 21st century? Or will he have to surrender
his laptop, his email account, and
his beloved Blackberry?
posted by Rhaomi
on Nov 15, 2008 -
38 comments
Al Odah v. U.S. and Boumediene v. Bush go before SCOTUS Streaming on C-Span today. The Center for Constitutional Rights (
great podcast) will argue before the Supreme Court today:
Immediately after the Supreme Court’s decision in Rasul, The Center for Constitutional Rights and cooperating counsel filed 11 new habeas petitions in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of over 70 detainees. These cases eventually became the consolidated cases of Al Odah v. United Statesand Boumediene v. Bush, the leading cases determining the significance of the Supreme Court’s decision in Rasul, the rights of non-citizens to challenge the legality of their detention in an offshore U.S. military base, and the constitutionality of the Military Commissions Act of 2006.
posted by ao4047
on Dec 5, 2007 -
29 comments
Don't Have Enough Joe? After the recent info about the prototype G.I. Joe
going on sale (and not getting quite what was wanted) and the recent
POTUS Doll (action figure dammit!) I bebopped around and found a site that proports to be a force of good to get a G.I. Joe movie made. But can it really be for good when it has pages and images like
this?
posted by Dagobert
on Aug 13, 2003 -
11 comments
In 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... 1... 1... 1... "In this footage obtained exclusively by The Memory Hole, watch as the President of the United States sits and does nothing after learning that his country is under attack." Andrew Card whispers about plane #2, POTUS remains engrossed in book. (Warning: Quicktime, little kids reading slowly in unison for five long minutes.)
posted by emelenjr
on Jun 26, 2003 -
144 comments
John Hanson (November 5, 1781 - November 3, 1782),
Elias Boudinot (November 4, 1782 - November 2, 1783),
Thomas Mifflin (November 3, 1783 - June 3, 1784),
Richard Henry Lee (November 30, 1784 - November 22, 1785),
John Hancock (November 23, 1785 - June 5, 1786),
Nathaniel Gorham (June 1786 until January 1787),
Arthur St. Clair (February 2 , 1787 - January 21, 1788), and
Cyrus Griffin (January 22, 1788 – April 29, 1789)--under
The Articles of the Confederation.
Everything you know is wrong--George Washington was the 9th President
--
or 8th, depending on how you call it on John Hancock's term. [More inside]
posted by y2karl
on Nov 7, 2002 -
28 comments
