Welcome to the first weekend of spring

Let's hello to spring.

Let's celebrate by reading this from a young girl from India:

Spring The Season Of Joy

© Rahat Sandhu

"The spring is here and the sun is bright,

Everyone is playful they are not having anyone's fright.

I could see the little birds swaying their wings,

I could hear the pretty flowers sing.

The green leaves that are dancing in the air,

Are fearless from everyone present here.

Tip! tip! tip! the water falls,

Sweep! sweep! sweep! the caterpillar crawls.

And when the playful squirrels run,

They seem that they are having so much fun.

As the small kids are swinging high,

Their rosy pink cheeks get shy.

Jumping, jumping come the rabbits,

I really praise their lovely habits.

As they play with their long ears,

Everyone forgets their cries and tears.

But lets wait for the butterflies, 

Who keep on flying in the endless skies.

But now mam taps on the door,

And it's the time to go indoor.

I'm always eager for the spring to come,

Because it brings along so much fun."  

(Source: http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/spring-the-season-of-joy#ixzz2wbTZwpGv 

Family Friend Poems) 

1854: Happy birthday to the GOP

(My new American Thinker post)

We say happy birthday to the Grand Old Party, the GOP, or, the Republican Party.    The birth of the party happened in Ripon, Wisconsin, on this day in 1854. 

The new party was formed by former members of the Whig Party to oppose the spread of slavery into the western territories.

In my case, I became a de facto Republican after the Kennedy administration fumbled The Bay of Pigs invasion. 

For many of us Cuban-Americans, the invasion was personal. 

I mean that some of us had relatives in the ill-fated Brigade 2506, or else they themselves had been arrested while on the island. 

After the Bay of Pigs, the Castro regime came down very hard on dissent.  My father's cousin, a young doctor, was arrested and spent 14 years in a political prison without a trial.   He was eventually released when the president of France negotiated the release of some men from prison.   Thee Catholic schools were closed around that time and I can still remember my father picking us up and driving home. So I guess we became anti-JFK Republicans!

In the mid-1970s, I found an ideological home in the Reagan movement.  I cheered his anti-communism, but also related to his conservative message.   

The small government and free market message hit home!

And I laughed with my parents when Ronald Reagan told those great Soviet jokes.

Since 1854, the GOP has elected many of our greatest presidents:

"Lincoln (1861-1865), 

Grant (1869-1877), 

Hayes (1877-1881), 

Garfield (1881), 

Arthur (1881-1885), 

Harrison (1889-1893), 

McKinley (1897-1901), 

T. Roosevelt (1901-1909), 

Taft (1909-1913), 

Harding (1921-1923), 

Coolidge (1923-1929),  

Hoover (1929-1933), 

Eisenhower (1953-1961), 

Nixon (1969-1974), 

Ford (1974-1977), 

Reagan (1981-1989), 

Bush, GHW (1989-1993), 

Bush, GW (2001-2009) &

Trump (2017-2021)"

We also nominated some great men who did not win, such as McCain in '08, Romney in '12 and Dole in '96.  They were talented men and war heroes.

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The origins and causes of World War I with Barry Jacobsen

In 2014, we looked at the 100th anniversary of World War I with Barry Jacobsen.   Here is the first part.....

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Listen to "The origins and causes of World War I with Barry Jacobsen" on Spreaker.

Cesar Chavez scandal and The allies misbehaving

 Cesar Chavez scandal and The allies misbehaving

Don't show me your outrage; sail your ships

Who needs friends like these?

Click to read:

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/03/don_t_show_me_your_outrage_sail_your_ships.html

We remember Wyatt Earp (1848-1928)

Like many of you, I got reconnected with Wyatt Earp from that movie a few years ago starring Kevin Costner.   The movie was released in 1994. 

   

Also, I started watching "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp", a TV series 1955-61.   You can now buy the whole series HERE.

Wyatt Earp was born on this day in 1848 and died in January 1928.

Earp was quiet a figure from the old West.   

The aforementioned book by Stuart Lake is available HERE.  

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SAVE Act, Cuba update, Allies and protecting the Strait

The people who stole your money now want your money

 Why would anyone believe Cuban communists?

Click to read:

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/03/the_people_who_stole_your_money_now_want_yours_money.html

We remember President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908)

We remember President Grover Cleveland, who was born in New Jersey on this day in 1837.   He died in 1908.

He was the only president to serve 2 non-consecutive terms in the office.   He won in 1884, lost in 1888 and came back to win 1892.

President Trump came back to win in 2024 and everyone is talking about Cleveland again.

Here is a great trivia question:  What First Family had a baby in the White House?  The answer is Grover Cleveland who married Frances Folsom during his first term.  The couple had a daughter Esther or the first child born in the White House.  Frances lived until 1947.    Esther lived until 1980.

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We remember the great Wilson Pickett (1941-2006)

Wilson Pickett was born in Alabama on this day in 1941.   

In the 1960's he recorded a bunch of great songs such as "Mustang Sally", "Funky Broadway" and a wonderful version of "Hey Jude".   

Pickett died in 2006.   He left a great legacy of soul music.

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