So I have started a fun reading project!

There have been 44 US Presidents, there are 56 signatures on the US Declaration of Independence (56+44=100) 100 Biographies to read!

Now, there are a couple names on both lists! The 2nd President, John Adams (3/4/1797-3/4/1801) and the 3rd President Thomas Jefferson (3/4/1801-3/4/1809) were both signers of the Declaration of Independence.  To make up for the 99 and 100 spot on the list I am adding Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Paine both of whom were crucial to the development of and prosecution of American Independence.  

However, there are a number of other individuals who should and need to be mentioned and I will add those names to the list as it develops.

I wrote to the first author I read, John Ferling who wrote "The Ascent of George Washington" an Email and he actually responded very promptly.  I was looking for advice and names of authors or books on the subject as there are thousands of books about many of the individuals on my list and he was more than helpful!  I intend to write each author I can and will keep this post updated!  

So far I have these done!

George Washington: "The Ascent of George Washington" by John Ferling

John Adams: "John Adams" by David McCullough

Thomas Jefferson: "Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History" by Fawn M Brodie

I gotta pipe in here...

I been seeing a lot of conversation on the net regarding Nancy Pelosi, Sandra Fluke and of course Rush's reaction.... 
A friend of mine made some posts on the subject that were so off base that they didn't even get the right people saying anything remotely like what was spoken.  


On the subject of the hearing organized by Nancy Pelosi:
The "hearing" was organized after women were denied the opportunity to speak before the House Oversight Committee hearing on women's reproductive health. Instead, an all-male panel of religious leaders testified on why they should be allowed to deny women contraceptive coverage. WOMEN WERE DENIED THE RIGHT TO SPEAK ON THE SUBJECT OF WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH because "the hearing is not about reproductive rights and contraception but instead about the Administration’s actions as they relate to freedom of religion and conscience" (Elijah Cummings, D-MD)
... 
in essence a hearing on women's reproductive health was turned into a hearing on religion and conscience, while the two are not and do not have to be mutually exclusive, the hearing was turned into an argument to choose to publicly support private bureaucratic power over the very people who pay for those services.

here is a link to the transcript of that hearing, I encourage anyone and everyone to read it, there is no discussion supporting pregnancy or STD prevention in it.. In addition, there is no call for public funding or subsidizing. She is not asking for anyone else to pay for these services, only to make the services available to be paid for by an insurance that people are paying for.  “We expected that when 94% of students oppose the policy the university would respect our choices regarding insurance students pay for – completely unsubsidized by the university."
http://tinyurl.com/7k3aflm