3 Things To Know This Friday

1. The "big three" banks have 1/3 of deposits, 1/2 of the mortgages, and 2/3 of credit cards in the US.

2. New Orleans - 4 Years Later.

3. Richard Nixon hated Ted Kennedy.

Richard Nixon's View On Abortion

Barack Obama was 11 years old when Richard Nixon told this to an aide.

“There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white.”

Read the full story here.
via New York Times

White House Speech That Luckily Was Not Needed

This is an eerie memo that was prepared by Richard Nixon's speech writer just in case the Apollo 11 Astronauts were not able to leave the moon once they landed.

"Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace
will stay on the moon to rest in peace.

These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no
hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in
their sacrifice."

Click here to see the full speech.