History, Obama Style

On the official biographies of the presidents on the White House website dating back to Calvin Coolidge, the Obama Administration has added a factoid relating each president, with the exception of Gerald Ford, to some policy currently being touted by the Administration.

Here are a couple samples:

• On Feb. 22, 1924 Calvin Coolidge became the first president to make a public radio address to the American people. President Coolidge later helped create the Federal Radio Commission, which has now evolved to become the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). President Obama became the first president to hold virtual gatherings and town halls using Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, etc.

• In a June 28, 1985 speech Reagan called for a fairer tax code, one where a multi-millionaire did not have a lower tax rate than his secretary. Today, President Obama is calling for the same with the Buffett Rule.

So whatever policy was started by a particular president, President Obama has only made it better through the actions of his Administration.

In other news, an earthquake measuring 10.0 on the Richter scale occurred today.  The cause?  The collective force generated by every president since Coolidge simultaneously turning in their graves.