How can a truck remind you of the lessons you learned in Kindergarten, in these chaotic political days?

I was driving yesterday and stopped at light behind this home heating oil fuel truck. I smiled as I read, "As a rule, buy Joe's fuel."

The girls and I used to live in a house with oil heat, which is common here in New England. Back in 2017, when money was particularly tight (worse than your pants after Thanksgiving dinner) I had Joe's Fuel make a COD delivery. The young driver had been to my house many times before, always said "hi" to my daughters hovering in the doorway, and knew I was buying as little as possible at each visit. It was just days after my divorce had been finalized, and I shared that with him. He took the cash payment, removed a $50 bill and handed it back to me. "Use it for your girls."

That's what we need today. So, "As a rule, remember to BE Joe's Fuel."   Kim

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The book below from Skyhorse was published a decade ago and is sadly back in circulation.

Hunting The President

In American history, four U.S. Presidents have been murdered at the hands of an assassin. In each case the assassinations changed the course of American history.

But most historians have overlooked or downplayed the many threats modern presidents have faced, and survived. Author Mel Ayton sets the record straight in his new book Hunting the President: Threats, Plots and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama, telling the sensational story of largely forgotten—or never-before revealed—malicious attempts to slay America’s leaders.

Supported by court records, newspaper archives, government reports, FBI files, and transcripts of interviews from presidential libraries, Hunting the President reveals:

How an armed, would-be assassin stalked President Roosevelt and spent ten days waiting across the street from the White House for his chance to shoot him
How the Secret Service foiled a plot by a Cuban immigrant who told coworkers he was going to shoot LBJ from a window overlooking the president’s motorcade route
How a deranged man broke into Reagan’s California home and attempted to strangle the former president before he was subdued by Secret Service agents.
In early 1992 a mentally deranged man stalking Bush turned up at the wrong presidential venue for his planned assassination attempt
The relationships presidents held with their protectors and the effect it had on the Secret Service’s mission

Hunting the President opens the vault of stories about how many of our recent Presidents have come within a hair’s breadth of assassination, leaving America’s fate in the balance. Most of these stories have remained buried—until now. Includes glossy photo signature of historic pictures and documents