Obama is really pulling out all of the stops

Enemy said:
Could I just ask what Obama has to do with that video now I've actually watched it? a) Apparently it was the idea of the school to tape the idea for a fathers day message for him or something and b) did he have anything to do with it?
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I'm not blaming Obama, I just find his personality cult... disturbing.

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The motto IN GOD WE TRUST was placed on United States coins largely because of the increased religious sentiment existing during the Civil War. Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase instructed James Pollock, Director of the Mint at Philadelphia, to prepare a motto, in a letter dated November 20, 1861.However, an Act of Congress dated January 18, 1837, prescribed the mottoes and devices that could be placed upon the coins of the United States. This meant that the mint could make no changes without the enactment of additional legislation by the Congress. In a letter to the Mint Director on December 9, 1863, Secretary Chase stated: "it should be changed so as to read: IN GOD WE TRUST." The Congress passed the Act of April 22, 1864. This legislation authorized the minting of the two-cent coin. IN GOD WE TRUST first appeared on the 1864 two-cent coin.

The motto disappeared from the five-cent coin in 1883, and did not reappear until production of the Jefferson nickel began in 1938. Since 1938, most United States coins bear the inscription. The motto has been in continuous use on the one-cent coin since 1909 and the ten-cent coin since 1916.

A law passed by the 84th Congress on July 30, 1956 declaring IN GOD WE TRUST the national motto of the United States. IN GOD WE TRUST was first used on paper money in 1957.

condensed from: http://www.treas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml
 
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