Friday May 1st

Hola,
Well classes are officially over for the year here at the University of Southern California. I finished my last TIRP session and have began scanning the internet for pre-written papers about South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Policies. Thank god for plagiarism. Professor Lynch, if you're reading this, just kidding. And while I could write about swine flu in Hong Kong or Justice Souter's announcement of retirement, I find that without an understanding of US History, one cannot fully understand the present. And this brings us to todays topic: ANOTHER US PRESIDENT YOU DON'T KNOW.

BENJAMIN HARRISON:


I'm pretty sure that you didn't know that there was a Harrison that was President. And I'm definitely sure you didn't know that there were two Harrisons. Benjamin Harrison (not to be confused with William Henry Harrison, number 9) was the 23rd President of the United States. Elected in in 1889, this Ohio Republican has the distinction of being the only president to be preceded and succeeded by Grover Cleveland. Not only can we thank Harrison's presidency for the admission to the union of both Dakotas, Montana, Washington, Idaho and Wyoming, but also for the appoint of four (count em, four) Supreme Court Justices. In 1892, Harrison ran for re-election, only to be defeated by the man that he unseated as president, Grover Cleveland. Clearly this defeat was a result of Harrison signing into effect the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, depleting the nation's supply of gold until Cleveland II could resolve the issue. Harrison, from all this information, you deserve for no one to know about you.
Peace,
-ROF

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