From: pothead <pothead@snakebite.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Canada: Worst in the World
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 23:06:15 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: Prescott Parasite Eradication Team
On 2024-06-17, Loran <loran@invalid.net> wrote:
> Alan wrote:
>>> Did you know your leader is a Marxist blackface-wearing fool?
>>
>> So, no: you don't know why the White House is painted white.
>>
>> :-)
>
> https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/623638/why-the-white-house-is-white
>https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/21/ford-scales-back-ev-battery-plant-in-michigan.html
> The President of the United Stateâs famous mansion at 1600 Pennsylvania
> Avenue in Washington, DC, stands out in part because its white facade
> contrasts brilliantly with the well-tended, green grounds that surround
> it. But while the appearance is certainly aesthetically pleasing, itâs
> really just a serendipitous side effectâthe real reason that the White
> House was painted white is a little more utilitarian.
>
> In 1791, then-President George Washington chose the site for the estate,
> and construction began the following year. By 1798, the year after
> Washington had completed his second and final presidential term, workers
> had finished erecting the sandstone walls of the building. Instead of
> painting it with traditional paint, they used whitewash, a lime-based
> liquid that would prevent water from leaking into the porous stone and
> freezing.
>
> Readerâs Digest reports that the mansionâs first resident was John Adams
> in 1800, and it wasnât long before people stopped referring to it as
> âthe Presidentâs Houseâ and adopted a nickname that alluded to the
> placeâs eye-catching exterior: the White House.
>
> âThere is much trouble at the white house, as we call it, I mean the
> Presidentâs,â Massachusetts congressman Abijah Bigelow wrote to his wife
> on March 18, 1812 [PDF]. As The White House Historical Association
> points out, this was just three months before the United States would
> declare war against Britain.
>
> In August 1814, British troops actually set fire to the White House,
> giving rise to the still-prevalent rumor that the White House was
> painted white to cover up the damage, but the whitewashing that took
> place after the disaster was really just a continuation of the
> years-long tradition. In 1818, the maintenance staff finally switched to
> using white lead paint (a whole 570 gallons of it) to keep the White
> House in gleaming condition.
>
> The nickname remained informal for the next 80-odd years, until
> President Theodore Roosevelt made it the official name of the residence
> in 1901. It wasnât the only lasting impact Roosevelt had on the
> placeâthe following year, he launched a major renovation project that
> included relocating the presidentâs offices to whatâs now known as the
> West Wing.
>
>
> Laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh...at YOU - pretentiously moronic Canucklehead!
They should have painted it glow in the dark green so maybe Joe Biden would be able to find his way
home instead of wandering around like a half dead retard.
--
pothead
Joe Biden is the absolute WORST President Of the U.S. ever.
Nobody else is even close. Including Jimmy Carter.
Vote for ANYBODY but Joe Biden in 2024.