Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps Presidents of the United States have frequently appeared on U.S. postage stamps since the mid–1800s. The United States Post Office released its first two postage stamps in 1847, featuring George Washington on one, and Benjamin Franklin on the other. The advent of presidents on postage stamps has been definitive to U.S. postage stamp design since the first issues were released and set the precedent that U.S. stamp designs would follow for many generations. The paper postage stamp itself was born of utility (in England, 1840), as something simple and easy to
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death is a 2007 American documentary film. The film is narrated by Sean Penn and is adapted from the book of the same name, authored by Norman Solomon. The film attempts to expose how the American government over 50 years has tried to strum up war effort using the media as a tool. ""War Made Easy" gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam war and the war in Iraq." "New York Times" columnist Jeannette Catsoulis described