Michael, I'd heard the "you lose" story. Ever hear what Dorothy Parker supposedly said when she learned Coolidge had died? "How could they tell?"

Pretty Cool, pretty Cool.

nice job....i liked calvin cause his name rhymes with mine...5s

The way I always heard the story - it was a woman sitting next to him at a dinner party. I always kind of liked ol' Cal. (He was president I believe, the year my father was born). Supposedly Calvin's wife Grace was quite his opposite - very vivacious.

Another good parody, Michael, but, for those of us who believe that that government is best that governs least, Calvin Coolidge is probably the greatest president of the twentieth century.

He produced balanced budgets and was able to reduce the national debt by about $1 billion a year. During his presidency, per capita income increased by nearly 50 percent and automobile production grew nearly ten-fold. It is also interesting to note that he is the president who signed the bill giving Native Americans citizenship in the United States.

Thank you, everyone. John: Yes, I've heard the Dorothy Parker story. Boy, was she ahead of her time. Today, she'd have her own talk show and be on Hollywood Squares all the time. Merry: You're right about Grace. She was the one who dragged him to Washington Senators baseball games, and they won their only World Series (1924) and two of their three Pennants ('24 and '25, the other being '33) while he was in office. John: To choose to govern as little as possible when the population of the country is 120 million is quite foolish. Do suggest doing so when it is roughly 300 million is utter lunacy. If you have a big country, to not have big government means a huge number of people are going to be left behind. And the only people who should truly be left behind are those currently working in the executive branch of the United States federal government.