My brother, George Keglev loved Harry best! ... Harry represented our country very well with tough decisions ... Thx Nita E!

Harry Truman.... Good Stuff!!

 

 

   YOU WILL.PROBABLY.
NEVER.SEE THIS AGAIN.Thought you'd enjoy
this!It's one you want
your Children and Grandchildren to read. They
won't believe this happened, but it DID. Harry &
Bess Harry Truman was a
different kind of President. He probably made
as many, or more important decisions regarding our
nation's history as any of
the other 32 Presidents preceding him. 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 father 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 was 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, too
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 (ie.
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!We ought to have cloned
him for telling it like it is and being
frugal with our tax dollars!If you agree, forward
it. If you don't, delete it. I don't want to
know one way or the other. By me forwarding it, you know
how I feel.          

Harry Truman

Just as it was sent to me.

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I am reading the book "Truman" now. it is very very interesting and really tells what a great Person this man was.

Thought you'd enjoy this! It's one you want your Children and Grandchildren to read. They won't believe this happened, but it DID. Harry & Bess (This seems unreal.) Harry Truman was a different kind of President. He probably made as many, or more important decisions regarding our nation's history as any of the other 42 Presidents preceding him. 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 father 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 was 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 (cf. 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! If you agree, forward it. If you don't, delete it. I don't want to know one way or the other. By me forwarding it, you know how I feel. Enjoy life now -- it has an expiration date!

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. Groucho Marx