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President Reagan addresses the nation on the observance of Easter and Passover

On April 2, 1983 President Reagan made the following radio address to the nation on the Observance of Easter and Passover:

Happy Easter

He Is Risen.

From the Revised Standard Version of the Bible:

Matthew 28

1: Now after the sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the sepulchre. 2: And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone, and sat upon it. 3: His appearance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow. 4: And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. 5: But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6: He is not here; for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. 7: Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. Lo, I have told you." 8: So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

 

Mark 16

1: And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2: And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. 3: And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" 4: And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; -- it was very large. 5: And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed. 6: And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here; see the place where they laid him. 7: But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you."

 

Luke 24

1: But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices which they had prepared. 2: And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3: but when they went in they did not find the body. 4: While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel; 5: and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6: Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7: that the Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise." 8: And they remembered his words, 9: and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest.

 

John 20

1: Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2: So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him." 3: Peter then came out with the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb. 4: They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first; 5: and stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. 6: Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying, 7: and the napkin, which had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. 8: Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; 9: for as yet they did not know the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. 10: Then the disciples went back to their homes.

11: But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb; 12: and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. 13: They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him." 14: Saying this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. 15: Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away." 16: Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rab-bo'ni!" (which means Teacher). 17: Jesus said to her, "Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." 18: Mary Mag'dalene went and said to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"; and she told them that he had said these things to her.

 

Image: Ambrogio di Stefano Bergognone (ca. 1460-1523),  Christ Risen from the Tomb (c. 1490), National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Originally posted March 23, 2008.

The GOP's 'Path to Prosperity' vs. Obama's 'WTF' budget

This morning,  will introduce a serious budget that cuts $6.2 trillion in spending from President Obama's budget over the next 10 years. The Republicans' "Path to Prosperity," budget also reduces the national debt as a percentage of the economy, brings federal spending in line with the postwar average below 20% of gross domestic product, and reduces deficits by $4.4 trillion.

In the following video, Congressman Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, presents a visualization contrasting the impact of the House Republicans' budget, "The Path to Prosperity," to the impact of Obama's so-called "Winning the Future" budget, more commonly known as "WTF."

In today's Wall Street Journal, Congressman Paul Ryan, explains that Obama's WTF budget accelerates America's descent into a debt crisis:

• Obama's WTF budget doubles the national debt held by the public by the end of his first term and triples it by 2021.

• Obama's WTF budget imposes $1.5 trillion in new taxes.

• Under Obama's WTF budget spending never falls below 23% of the economy.

• Obama's WTF budget permanently enlarges the size of government.

• Obama's WTF budget offers no reforms to save government health and retirement programs.

In contrast to Obama's WTF budget, the House Republican Path to Prosperity reduces spending to below 2008 levels, reforms the Medicare and Food Stamps welfare programs, and reforms Social Security and the tax code.

According to the Heritage Center for Data Analysis the Path to Prosperity will spur economic growth by helping to create nearly one million new private-sector jobs next year, bringing the unemployment rate down to 4% by 2015, and result in 2.5 million additional private-sector jobs in the last year of the decade.

As we debate the benefits of the House Republicans' Path to Prosperity budget versus Obama's WTF budget, lets also consider just how broke we already are.

President Obama's first ad of 2012

Perhaps because it is April 1st, or maybe because the 2012 GOP presidential field is still forming, the good folks at the National Republican Senatorial Committee put together the following ad for the Obama reelection campaign.

This not actually an Obama 2012 ad.