[StBernard] Clone Harry

[Westley Annis]

I love the last statement. It's great!!!!!!!!!!

 

Ever stop to think about where the excesses from retired presidents got
started?  It came about only in the last 50 years...




Harry Truman was a different kind of President.  He probably made  as many
important decisions regarding our nation's history as any of the other 42
Presidents. However, a measure of his greatness may rest on what he did
after he left the White House.

The only asset he had when he died was the house he lived in, which was in
Independence Missouri . His wife had inherited the house from her mother and
other than their years in the White House, they lived their entire lives
there.

When he retired from office in 1952, his income was a U.S. Army pension
reported to have been $13,507.72 a year. Congress, noting that he was paying
for his stamps and personally licking them, granted him an 'allowance' and,
later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year..

After President Eisenhower was inaugurated, Harry and Bess drove home to
Missouri by themselves. There were no Secret Service following them.

When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined, stating,
"You don't want me. You want the office of the President, and that doesn't
belong to me. It belongs to the American people and it's not for sale."

Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to award him the
Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it, writing, "I
don't consider that I have done anything which should be the reason for any
award, Congressional or otherwise."

As president he paid for all of his own travel expenses and food.

Modern politicians have found a new level of success in cashing in on the
Presidency, resulting in untold wealth. Today, many in Congress also have
found a way to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their
offices. Political offices are now for sale.  (sic. Illinois )

Good old Harry Truman was correct when he observed, "My choices in life were
either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell
the truth, there's hardly any difference!
 

I say dig him up and clone him!! 

 

* Politicians and diapers both require frequent changing for the exact same
reason *