tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83223348611583318392026-08-18T09:52:15.613-07:00Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. 38th President of the United StatesPhoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322334861158331839.post-28260468275148184782011-07-13T19:00:00.000-07:002014-03-13T11:33:39.598-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bbKNtGUGxgID1ApnHqcl_lpvNb_VSfU6rZb5su5D6HUSNB_BwZ0VEIg0WaUPuahNIb6hblt3JYOa6GxxgsnrbJ-BwCtN5GyZGT9JuUjrfzFVv4bymxEC_bJ4udvTXdh3n8CGzQzZL8w/s1600/grfffff.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bbKNtGUGxgID1ApnHqcl_lpvNb_VSfU6rZb5su5D6HUSNB_BwZ0VEIg0WaUPuahNIb6hblt3JYOa6GxxgsnrbJ-BwCtN5GyZGT9JuUjrfzFVv4bymxEC_bJ4udvTXdh3n8CGzQzZL8w/s320/grfffff.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629022807406995282" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.</span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322334861158331839.post-1011657185904820082010-10-09T10:44:00.000-07:002014-04-09T12:58:35.967-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOdHNPm6IyeZLRIsAZRTuE31ctCRDr3IfPm2cETlZWNriD9ggJFfjcDIhi0kPgdDGUZ5xz9aVZk2pOlZEgVEXhBKFyozVDmqzF8x1N05aLG5pWx2XB31wQBvC1BpT4mry1YE0Z9Sf6r4/s1600/ford.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOdHNPm6IyeZLRIsAZRTuE31ctCRDr3IfPm2cETlZWNriD9ggJFfjcDIhi0kPgdDGUZ5xz9aVZk2pOlZEgVEXhBKFyozVDmqzF8x1N05aLG5pWx2XB31wQBvC1BpT4mry1YE0Z9Sf6r4/s1600/ford.jpg" alt="" width="421" height="663" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="body">If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning over in his grave.</span>..</span></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322334861158331839.post-72377284387480979872010-10-09T10:43:00.000-07:002014-03-13T11:33:39.605-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7T_KoEgbp2iEucWS3o4pjcjjUeBwh6qrTWUsPpTuTwYyG_OsvD6Zrmg69rZ9U__51Jcc9F1bdC_k5gAjFLmTQZh3dYQzk_M-mNl93SQwQ46LhYsUKwf0pu8f1gNfnp5dj8GX0QWj3SuI/s1600/800px-Carter_and_Ford_in_a_debate,_September_23,_1976.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7T_KoEgbp2iEucWS3o4pjcjjUeBwh6qrTWUsPpTuTwYyG_OsvD6Zrmg69rZ9U__51Jcc9F1bdC_k5gAjFLmTQZh3dYQzk_M-mNl93SQwQ46LhYsUKwf0pu8f1gNfnp5dj8GX0QWj3SuI/s400/800px-Carter_and_Ford_in_a_debate,_September_23,_1976.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526103407717608610" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 287px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 449px;" /></a><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span class="body">Teddy Roosevelt once said, "Speak softly and carry a big stick".. Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.</span>..</span><br /> <br /> <br /></div> Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322334861158331839.post-38551267368708893992010-10-09T10:41:00.000-07:002014-03-13T11:33:39.603-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8xjuCMxHPy-LcZa4CPus8UP92XXoXzaVKcCC_VLzFiy8qikH6XJUpz1_L9IzmZeIg-oHnNBUIsMiMaGzpTLlsThqJPajfSexwlomGYfQGpyVvi2uZFjDl5ZrytjZpQL7UTY2k75XDc1g/s1600/800px-Ford_signing_accord_with_Brehznev,_November_24,_1974.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8xjuCMxHPy-LcZa4CPus8UP92XXoXzaVKcCC_VLzFiy8qikH6XJUpz1_L9IzmZeIg-oHnNBUIsMiMaGzpTLlsThqJPajfSexwlomGYfQGpyVvi2uZFjDl5ZrytjZpQL7UTY2k75XDc1g/s400/800px-Ford_signing_accord_with_Brehznev,_November_24,_1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526103024398060578" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span class="body">Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.</span>..</span><br /><br /><br /></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322334861158331839.post-87001056653937894762010-10-09T10:40:00.000-07:002014-03-13T11:33:39.607-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ueM9L_c7Itja60_xwoxeOJ9SIDgzQ-gOqbdZ4zgUAESqrJVtX2t3rn5tYrG-9QKmUl7-r-zpQBvcSg5zwc00Hocb6vLZQ48lt4jvMoibUA6jQZjKF1LBPZSCBhP_gqwvhiTFWRvdK-4/s1600/grf.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ueM9L_c7Itja60_xwoxeOJ9SIDgzQ-gOqbdZ4zgUAESqrJVtX2t3rn5tYrG-9QKmUl7-r-zpQBvcSg5zwc00Hocb6vLZQ48lt4jvMoibUA6jQZjKF1LBPZSCBhP_gqwvhiTFWRvdK-4/s320/grf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629019247102221890" border="0" /></a><br />In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322334861158331839.post-348528758652537792010-10-09T10:27:00.000-07:002014-03-13T11:33:39.600-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_Lf8OlYfAbyaSm6_5EQAvwjYHxcCSNkXtvM4p6l-GDCTCPSd67z8gdjEKv2umjLURocjAOxwu42_F9s9PmXGdl60lXTG154p0O4OlBkd0up3OFXxreSSMTClT6A072yMzVwmrjr_TW8/s1600/470px-GeraldFord1945.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 439px; height: 559px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_Lf8OlYfAbyaSm6_5EQAvwjYHxcCSNkXtvM4p6l-GDCTCPSd67z8gdjEKv2umjLURocjAOxwu42_F9s9PmXGdl60lXTG154p0O4OlBkd0up3OFXxreSSMTClT6A072yMzVwmrjr_TW8/s400/470px-GeraldFord1945.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526099468287880034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span class="body">It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It's a quality to be proud of. But it's a quality that many people seem to have neglected.</span>..</span><br /><br /><br /></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322334861158331839.post-24838240025213299752010-10-09T10:26:00.000-07:002014-03-13T11:33:39.593-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERCsaZWbyRYKWQK0gSPRazfBRNrq6ljXk6gcPC3jcklh-Bo5yaTVnJzBLHvwB3Cp-sGsH-OMu5-wmHU61pVpM5sBzKuWORhflWk335pZqQnIV4SLir0f0ASp0zhuWAPf8XdZ5k2B0ywM/s1600/763px-Gerald_Ford_on_field_at_Univ_of_Mich,_1933.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 437px; height: 344px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERCsaZWbyRYKWQK0gSPRazfBRNrq6ljXk6gcPC3jcklh-Bo5yaTVnJzBLHvwB3Cp-sGsH-OMu5-wmHU61pVpM5sBzKuWORhflWk335pZqQnIV4SLir0f0ASp0zhuWAPf8XdZ5k2B0ywM/s400/763px-Gerald_Ford_on_field_at_Univ_of_Mich,_1933.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526099251633893826" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span class="body">I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.</span>..</span><br /><br /><br /></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322334861158331839.post-25550196542393358852010-10-09T10:22:00.000-07:002014-03-13T11:33:39.595-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span class="body"><br />A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.com