The World Through My Eyes

The World Through My Eyes: A collection of essays, reflections and thoughts about men, sex, love, relationships, politics, friendships, nudism, current events, social concerns, humanitarian issues, religion and all those wonderful experiences that constitute life as seen and felt by me: a thirty-something Deaf Gay man of mixed racial heritage (half-black, half-white) living in the Virginia Beach area of the United States. A scrapbook of my life. I've been a confirmed Gay nudist for the past 20 years (since puberty). Sometimes, we just need to step back and chill and try not to be so serious and tense. Life is short, stand up and get into it! nekkidfurryboi@gmail.com.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Nude In The White House Pool


Let me start off by stating that the picture above is not of a man actually swimming in the White House pool. Yes, it's a man swimming naked in a pool, just not the one at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Nudists come in all shapes, sizes, ages, genders, races, ethnicities, religions and professions. Even the job as US president. While watching a TV documentary on this past President's Day holiday, I learned that Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States (November 22, 1963-January 20, 1969), often swam naked in the pool at the Executive Mansion. Not only did he swim nude, he also held policy meetings during his recreation time and required that his aides and adviser's swim naked with him. That's some executive privilege! LOL!

Hooray for LBJ! Always known as a man of great stature (physically) and an even greater ego, it's nice to know that he suffered from no body shame. That's cool. I think everyone should know this tidbit of American history. LBJ wasn't the first president to skinny-dip, but he is the first (that we know about) to swim nude in the White House pool.

What I personally respect about this president, aside from his skinny-dipping, is his dedication to enacting a federal civil rights act and to eliminating poverty. Maybe more presidents should get naked! LOL!

2 comments:

Immanuel said...

Wow, who would have thunk liked to swim nude?

I'd rather see Obama butt naked in the swim though.

Immanuel
www.dlconfessionssequel.com

Anonymous said...

Yeah, supposedly Johnson had a big Johnson. (The euphemism comes from Don though, who also had a big one and was quite promiscuous, plus he had some STS he was known to be giving to all the women he slept with.) But back to LBJ, I've heard the same stories, and that he used to make visiting dignitaries swim naked with him too. Kruschev was probably the most notable one. Supposedly he used his sexual size to get the upper hand psychologically. Also heard it really wasn't that big, but that he liked to think it was, so much so that he was a major exhibitupmost.