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The Official Eleanor Roosevelt (And Anything Else Non-Topical) Thread

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 13, 2010 7:47 AM

Have an Eleanor Roosevelt Saturday everyone!!!!!

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Posted by al-in-chgo on Saturday, November 13, 2010 7:48 PM

 

Heading for an Eleanor Roosevelt Sunday? 

 

DO you guys think it is worth my floating a topic about that new movie w/Denzel Washington? 

How many continuity errors, how many goofs born off RR ignorance, etc?

 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 6:48 PM

In light of the new railroad move "Unstopppable" that just released....I submit my choice for a movie involving railroads that I believe is a classic among railroad-related movies:

Sit back, watch and enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEThheuaZLg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9_CJ4I9Klw&feature=related

 

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Posted by Victrola1 on Monday, November 22, 2010 2:17 PM

“Protecting riders on mass-transit systems from terrorist attacks will be as high a priority as ensuring safe air travel, the new head of the Transportation Security Administration promises,” the newspaper reported on July 17."

http://www.infowars.com/tsa-searches-are-trains-and-subways-next/

Would Eleanor object to being touched all over if it kept Hitler from crossing the English Channel? What delays at Penn Station?

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 22, 2010 2:53 PM

Victrola1

“Protecting riders on mass-transit systems from terrorist attacks will be as high a priority as ensuring safe air travel, the new head of the Transportation Security Administration promises,” the newspaper reported on July 17."

http://www.infowars.com/tsa-searches-are-trains-and-subways-next/

Would Eleanor object to being touched all over if it kept Hitler from crossing the English Channel? What delays at Penn Station?

Good Heavens!  An Eleanor Roosevelt groping!!!!!!

Surprise

 

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Posted by Victrola1 on Monday, November 22, 2010 3:00 PM

SEAN HANNITY, HOST: "Did they touch your body parts?"

GLORIA ALLRED: "Yeah, they did and it was a first time anybody touched them in a long time and frankly, I liked it."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/11/19/gloria_allred_on_tsa_pat-down_i_liked_it.html

What would Franklin say?

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 22, 2010 3:10 PM

Victrola1

SEAN HANNITY, HOST: "Did they touch your body parts?"

GLORIA ALLRED: "Yeah, they did and it was a first time anybody touched them in a long time and frankly, I liked it."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/11/19/gloria_allred_on_tsa_pat-down_i_liked_it.html

What would Franklin say?

 

 

He would probably say that they should secure the border before they worry about what is in the groins of U.S. citizens.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 22, 2010 8:02 PM

Just having an awful hard time wrapping my hands around this TSA issue....

Stick out tongue

 

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Posted by Victrola1 on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 8:19 AM

Will it come to rail as well?

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 11:44 AM

Victrola1

Will it come to rail as well?

Of course it will.  Why would it not?  It will expand to more than just air and rail. 

The enemy has learned that the best tool in their arsenal is Janet Napolitano. 

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 9:20 PM

Bucyrus
The most obvious culprit is China.  They wanted us to see the missile launch, and see how close to California they could pull it off.  They are very irritated over our new QE2 fed monetary policy.   It will basically rip them off as holders of our debt.  A few years ago, they threatened to nuke Los Angeles over some other much less significant little issue they were unhappy about.  So when they saber-rattle, they seem to think of California. 
 

Our officials got the message, but they don’t want to tell us, because if our public finds out, it will intensify China’s message.  More importantly, it would raise a call for some kind of response to China.  Moreover, if our country publicly called China on the launch, they could just deny it.  Or, if we recovered pieces of a Chinese missile, they could say that we staged it to make China look bad.   

In the two weeks following this message, it seems that I am not the only one who came to this conclusion.  Nothing can be confirmed by the media, but there is a lot of buzz on the internet that this was China sending us a message.  Actually, I think it was not so much a matter of sending us a message, as it was a test of our reaction. 

 

What happened this morning between North and South Korea was a continuation of the same test.  The sinking of the South Korean ship earlier this year was part of the test.  On the surface, these incidents appear to be a conflict between North and South Korea, but actually they are a test of U.S. resolve by China.  The appearance that North Korea is an independent rogue that China can't control is an illusion that China has cultivated just to play these kinds of games with us. 

 

China’s test is to find out how far we can be pushed before we defend South Korea.  With that knowledge, China can gage whether they can take back Taiwan without causing us to go to war with them. 

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Posted by Victrola1 on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 11:12 AM

“I think the tighter we get on aviation, we have to also be thinking now about going on to mass transit or to trains or maritime. So, what do we need to be doing to strengthen our protections there?”

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/130549-next-step-for-body-scanners-could-be-trains-boats-and-the-metro-

The Big Sis in D. C. is preparing to decree. How long until this is implemented on Amtrak and Greyhound?

Is surrendering liberty at home a signal to those who would invade to do so abroad?

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 3:59 PM

Eleanor Roosevelt wishes you all a Happy Thanksgiving Eve!!!!!!!

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Posted by Victrola1 on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 7:48 PM

A chicken in very pot and a happy and prosperous 1929.

Lou Hoover

 

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Posted by al-in-chgo on Thursday, November 25, 2010 12:48 AM

Victrola1

A chicken in very pot and a happy and prosperous 1929.

Lou Hoover

 

 

 

Does this mean that 'prosperity is just around the corner'?  -   al

 

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Posted by al-in-chgo on Thursday, November 25, 2010 12:48 AM

Victrola1

A chicken in very pot and a happy and prosperous 1929.

Lou Hoover

 

 

 

Does this mean that 'prosperity is just around the corner'?  -   al

 

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Posted by Victrola1 on Thursday, November 25, 2010 7:44 AM

http://www.burlingtonderailed.com/index.php?blogid=1&archive=2010-11-25

Prosperity is elusive. Save and speedy means of holiday travel your government is working on.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 25, 2010 10:23 AM

Eleanor Roosevelt wishes all of you a most blessed and happy Thanksgiving.

She would also like to remind us all of our less fortunate friends and family, who may not be able to enjoy the holiday.

If you know someone who is alone, please consider setting another place at the table and invite them into your home.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 9, 2010 6:56 PM

I wonder if Eleanor ever thought about quantitative easing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTUY16CkS-k&feature=player_embedded

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Victrola1 on Thursday, December 9, 2010 10:27 PM
We shall tax and tax, and spend and spend, and elect and elect.
Harry Hopkins


Read more: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/harry_hopkins.html#ixzz17gCPnQKw

Eleanor would not need to watch the video. Eleanor was there for the live theater.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 11, 2010 11:56 AM

Bucyrus

I wonder if Eleanor ever thought about quantitative easing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTUY16CkS-k&feature=player_embedded

 

I do know that Eleanor endorsed the Allen-Bradley Retro Entabulator:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBp5ag6SJH4

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 11, 2010 12:02 PM

Another technology, the "Turbo Encabulator" is also being applied in the development of advanced automobile transmission systems:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7G7xOG2Ag&feature=related

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 31, 2010 7:56 PM

Eleanor Roosevelt would like to wish you all a Very Happy and Healthy 2011.

 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 31, 2010 11:18 PM
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Posted by Victrola1 on Saturday, January 1, 2011 5:19 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXW0bx_Ooq4&NR=1

This explains why Chrysler front wheel drive transmissions fail.

Franklin had trouble operating a clutch pedal. I have read Franklin had hand controls installed in his car. Was it a Plymouth, or a Packard?

 

 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 1, 2011 9:21 PM

Actually it was a Ford V8 model that FDR drove when he was down at Warm Springs, Georgia.

It was outfitted with hand controls.

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Posted by Victrola1 on Sunday, January 2, 2011 7:02 PM

Was there a lift to load Franklin onto the Presidential private railroad car, or did the Secret Service lift him in out of sight?

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Posted by Modelcar on Sunday, January 2, 2011 7:28 PM

I have seen pictures of Pres. Roosevelt in a '36 Ford convertible, wonder if that's the one you might be referring to...?

 

Murray

Actually it was a Ford V8 model that FDR drove when he was down at Warm Springs, Georgia.

It was outfitted with hand controls.

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 5, 2011 9:04 PM

Modelcar

I have seen pictures of Pres. Roosevelt in a '36 Ford convertible, wonder if that's the one you might be referring to...?

 

 Murray:

Actually it was a Ford V8 model that FDR drove when he was down at Warm Springs, Georgia.

It was outfitted with hand controls.

 

 

That's the very one Quentin!!!

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 5, 2011 9:05 PM

Is Eleanor Roosevelt rooting for Pittsburgh...or Green Bay????

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...........................

 

 

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