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Few people knew that he was thinking about it in the first place, but Theodore Roosevelt IV, a wealthy investment banker with serious credentials on environmental issues and in foreign policy — and of course, that famous name — now says he will not seek the Republican nomination for the Senate from New York in 2010. Mr. Roosevelt, the great-grandson of the 26th president, worked at Lehman Brothers and is now a managing director at Barclays Capital. He said he began studying a run against Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, a Democrat, over the summer and was encouraged by talks with...

He set several records as President. Theodore Roosevelt became the youngest person, so far, to become President of the United States (POTUS). The youngest to be elected remains, as of this writing, John F. Kennedy who was 43 when elected. Roosevelt was 42 when he took office as the 26th President following the assassination of his predecessor in 1901. Although other Vice Presidents had taken office following death of the President, TR was first to go on and win an election in his own right, preceding Harry S Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson in the feat. He also remains (as...

Eugenics … death of the defenceless The legacy of Darwin’s cousin Galton By Russell Grigg Few ideas have done more harm to the human race in the last 120 years than those of Sir Francis Galton. He founded the evolutionary pseudo-science of eugenics. Today, ethnic cleansing, the use of abortion to eliminate ‘defective’ unborn babies, infanticide, euthanasia, and the harvesting of unborn babies for research purposes all have a common foundation in the survival-of-the-fittest theory of eugenics. So who was Galton, what is eugenics, and how has it harmed humanity?...

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden wanted to introduce himself to America with an ABC television interview months before al Qaeda bombed two U.S. embassies in Africa, the interviewer testified on Tuesday. Former ABC correspondent John Miller, testifying at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial, also recalled comparing bin Laden with U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt as he made small talk during filming of the May 28, 1998, interview at an Afghanistan mountain hideout. It was a rare opportunity for an American journalist, and Miller detailed a movie-thriller route to get to bin Laden, complete with...

OF course what we have a right to expect of the American boy is that he shall turn out to be a good American man. Now, the chances are strong that he won't be much of a man unless he is a good deal of a boy. He must not be a coward or a weakling, a bully, a shirk, or a prig. He must work hard and play hard. He must be clean-minded and clean-lived, and able to hold his own under all circumstances and against all comers. It is only on these conditions that he will grow into...

How qualified for the vice presidency of the United States could a Republican be who: Is young - under 45 years old? Speaks in favor of economic development of Alaska? Advocates and engages in exercise for personal fitness? Has lived in the wilds of the American Northwest? Fishes, hunts, and loves the great outdoors? Has a reputation, not as an environmentalist, but as a conservationist? Has at least five children? Is a moralist for whom every issue is a struggle between good and evil? Is a reformer who has taken on the GOP's "good old boy network"? Believes corporations should...

John McCain announced his V.P. running mate today and it turns out to be an excellent choice. Sarah Palin is the current Governor of Alaska and, although most people haven’t heard of her, she brings a lot to the ticket. The more I read and hear about her, the more I’m reminded of Theodore Roosevelt. Although she’s relatively young she has quite a few layers of experience. She’s a former champion basketball player, beauty pageant contestant, PTA member, city councilwoman and Mayor. Her husband is a commercial fisherman and union member who cares for their five children. She’s a life...

Theodore Roosevelt was elected Vice President of the United States (with McKinley as President) on November 6, 1900. Prior to becoming VP, Roosevelt had served in a few municipal offices in NYC and as a U.S. Civil Service Commissioner in Washington, D.C. (The latter was not an elected office.) He then served as Police Commissioner of NYC. In 1987-88, he served briefly as an Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt became Governor of NY on December 31, 1898. He was elected Vice President of the United States less than two years later (on November 6, 1900). On September 6, 1901,...

Our Troops Rock!  Thank you for all you do!   For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.   Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Theodore RooseveltAll info and photos from this website.             On July 1, 1898, exposed as the only man on horseback, a target above the rest of the troops on foot, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt found his "crowded hour" as he led charges at Kettle Hill and San Juan Heights during...

080722-N-7571S-001 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 22, 2008) A French F-2 Rafale launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during the first integrated U.S. and French carrier qualifications aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is participating in Joint Task Force Exercise "Operation Brimstone" off the Atlantic coast. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder/Released) 080721-N-7241L-009 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 21, 2008) A French Rafale M prepares to land aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during combined French and American carrier qualifications. This event marks the first...

TR's Bully Pulpit Sometimes conservatives must ask Americans to put the common good over self-interest. By Joshua Hawley John McCain’s recent comment to the New York Times that he views himself “as a conservative . . . in the Theodore Roosevelt mold” has provoked anguished hand-wringing in various quarters on the Right. Michael Knox Beran’s reaction is typical: He dismisses Roosevelt as an ersatz progressive more interested in self-advancement than genuine reform. Those reforms TR did pursue, Beran argues, amounted to little more than anti-business adventures in state aggrandizement that ultimately failed to address both the corporate misbehavior and the...

"The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the what's-in-it-for-me theory of life." — Theodore Roosevelt. To the peace-at-any-price news media, Memorial Day is a nuisance holiday. It requires "glorifying war" and honoring the 1.4 million Americans who sacrificed all to preserve journalists' right to bash the military and count the body bags of those we honor today. The media are loath to print good military news, and when they do, they spin it as bad news. Here are recent examples: All four military branches met or exceeded their...

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all. This is just as true of the man who puts “native” before the hyphen as of the man who puts German or Irish or English or French before the hyphen. Americanism is a matter of the spirit and of the soul. Our allegiance must be purely to the United States. We...

T.R. was the youngest man ever to serve as President of the United States and he served when immigration was breaking records. His words are a timely reminder to all of us - not only the illegal lobby and hyphenated Americans - about the traditional meaning and purpose of this great reality of American history.

Photo #1: 060728-N-7241L-026 Atlantic Ocean (July 28, 2006) - An F-14D Tomcat, aircraft number 100, assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31) makes a near supersonic fly-by above the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The F-14 will officially retire in September 2006, after 32 years of service to the fleet. Theodore Roosevelt is completing Joint Task Force Exercises with USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan Laird (RELEASED). Caption Source: http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=37555 - Big Image Link: http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/060728-N-7241L-026.jpg Photo #2: 060728-N-7241L-015 Atlantic Ocean (July 28, 2006)...

Tears formed in Christina Velazquez's eyes as she thought about reuniting with her husband. "Thank goodness for waterproof mascara," Velazquez said. After six long months, Velazquez and thousands of others welcomed 5,000 sailors back Saturday morning from a deployment aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt. Velazquez held the couple's infant, Donovan. In only four months and without even a glimpse of his father, the baby has already started to act like her husband, Kristopher, she said. "He has a lot of facial expressions like his dad," said Velazquez of Virginia Beach. "When he's hungry, he wants to be fed right...

DiCaprio is Theodore Roosevelt Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese have been named by Paramount Pictures to respectively star and direct in the adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Edmund Morris book The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, says Variety. The film adaptation, currently being written by Nicholas Meyer (The Human Stain), will chronicle the political career of Roosevelt (DiCaprio), from a slight and privileged New York politician with a Harvard degree, right up to his ascension to the White House as the 26th U.S. president. At present, DiCaprio and Scorsese are working on their third film together - after Gangs of New...

“Haven’t we been here before?” by Michael Carl A new report released by a presidential commission says that America’s intelligence agencies were “dead wrong,” about Iraq and the Weapons of Mass Destruction. While any consequences for this latest report are a subject for debate, it is certain that the report will obviously provide further ammunition for President Bush’s political opponents. Yet, the whole scenario of political turmoil in a Middle Eastern nation coupled with election year politics in the United States is an all too familiar scenario. In their respective centuries, Presidents Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and George W. Bush, in...

Former governor to be honored as Great Westerner By The Associated Press Former Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe Jr., who presided during the state's oil and gas boom years and left office after a stunning primary defeat, will be inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners in Oklahoma City next month. Briscoe, governor from 1973 to 1979, will be honored at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City on April 17. Others being inducted are Wina Rae Calhoon, a pioneer teacher and minister, and Thomas "Broken Hand" Fitzpatrick, a mountain man, guide and fur trader. Briscoe was elected...

Strange and impressive associations rise in the mind of a man from the New World who speaks before this august body in this ancient institution of learning. Before his eyes pass the shadows of mighty kings and war-like nobles, of great masters of law and theology; through the shining dust of the dead centuries he sees crowded figures that tell of the power and learning and splendor of times gone by; and he sees also the innumerable host of humble students to whom clerkship meant emancipation, to whom it was well-nigh the only outlet from the dark thraldom of the...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 03/19/03 Part 2 - GR7s over Iraq, Iraq Parliament, Amman, Aziz, Iran Prisoners, Kuwait, Desert Rats, USS Harry S. Truman, USS Theodore Roosevelt BREAKING: Royal Harrier GR7s over Iraq BREAKING: USS Harry S. Truman BREAKING: the USS Theodore Roosevelt BREAKING: Kuwait, Desert Rats BREAKING: Iraq Parliament - Almost Free at Last BREAKING: Amman - watches BREAKING: Tariq Aziz - With the Fishes or Defects? BREAKING: Iran - Prisoners and ?WMD exchange ========= Iraq ========= Views from a Royal Air Force Harrier jet over the oil fields of southern Iraq early in the...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - The Norfolk-based aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and its battle group finished training Tuesday in the Caribbean and began heading overseas, the Navy said. The Navy would say only that the battle group deployed from near Puerto Rico in support of the nation's war against terrorism and would meet other contingencies as needed. But the Roosevelt is expected to join three aircraft carriers that have moved into striking range of Iraq. The Roosevelt departed Norfolk Jan. 6 for mandatory training before deployment. "She's been certified (to deploy) and now she's commencing her deployment," said Cmdr....