Posted on 03/17/2016 8:52:48 PM PDT by 11th_VA
not sure how i ended up on another ping list, but thanks for taking me off: georgiegirl
How could you leave Hitler off of your list?
thank you for the comprehensive list. and bringing some sanity to this post.
“Not really.”
Sure he was. His studies at Harvard were focused on America’s role as a sea power and resulted in a book he authored at 24. His writing influenced the great Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan who went on to write the seminal Influence of Sea Power Upon History.
TR became Asst Sec of the Navy under McKinley and resigned to lead the Rough Riders in the Spanish American War. The most bitter fighting of the Philippine-American War and the resulting occupation occurred during his Presidency. He’s the father of the modern Navy, building the Great White Fleet to establish America as a major sea power. He built the Panama Canal so that the Navy could cover both oceans. He was the first President who saw America having a major role in world affairs. Wilson’s decision to enter WWI had its roots in TR’s administration.
But I do agree with you that TR was a progressive, something that the ridiculous Glenn Beck hasn’t discovered. “Trust busting” was a major project of Teddy’s administration. Agencies like the Food and Drug Administration were created by him. The national government began intervening in business, trade, and consumer safety.
And of course in 1912 he ran for President under the Bull Moose Party, the actual name of which was the Progressive Party, which Teddy Roosevelt founded.
” surrounded by a very large wall to protect it?”
Good catch
Elmer Gantry? Gantry was a fake who exploited his religious but none too wise followers.
And there certainly has been some of that in this primary but we all know who has been playing that card and it hasn’t been Trump.
He couldn’t hold a candle to those awful tyrants. He’s just a short fingered vulgarian.
It revisionist history, the fingers are too long to be Trump’s.
Trump warned Napoleon not to invade Russia.
Trump warned Julius Caesar not to go to the Senate meeting on the Ides of March.
Trump warned Cyrus not to fight the Massagetae.
Trump warned Pharaoh not to pursue the Israelites.
His own jawbone?
Look where he is now.
I live in Maryland , looks likes its calling for snow showers and light snow Saturday night and Sunday here.
Its been so warm here for weeks most of it will melt when it hits the street.
It would be quite an oddity to get heavy snow accumulations in March here.
TR was a visionary on foriegn relations. Although I dont disagree with you that he tended to walk softly and carry a big stick, he saw that the US needed to get into foreign relations in the modern age.
As you know, in the Philippines, we fought a particular group of religious zealots during and after his term in office. We were largely sucessful after they sent the right commander to do the fight.
But, TR was a progressive, and although I do not think Trump is a progressive in that respect, I beleive Trump is a mix of Jackson and TR. A type of nationalist. I favor a nationalist at this stage in this countries history. Hopefully, he will follow TR and bust up the cabals. If he survives, which I do not believe he will if elected. JFK signed the EO to print treasury notes to break the FED and very soon after, he was killed.
JFK was a fiscal conservative, Ronald Reagn basically the same, both were shot.
This political season is unlike any other we've experienced in our lifetimes... something's happening here...
Ahhh I see now.
“Although I dont disagree with you that he tended to walk softly and carry a big stick, he saw that the US needed to get into foreign relations in the modern age.”
He wanted us to be a major player in world affairs equal to Europe. That Great White Fleet may be little known to most Americans today but it caught the whole world’s attention back then.
“As you know, in the Philippines, we fought a particular group of religious zealots during and after his term in office.”
Well we chose to make them a colony. We weren’t just fighting the Moros on the south islands, we were fighting people who wanted Philippine independence.
“But, TR was a progressive, and although I do not think Trump is a progressive in that respect, I beleive Trump is a mix of Jackson and TR. “
I agree with the Andrew Jackson comparison, I’m not sold on TR. If Trump prosecutes crony capitalists I’ll reconsider.
” JFK signed the EO to print treasury notes to break the FED and very soon after, he was killed”
Not to be harsh, but that’s conspiracy nonsense promulgated by people who don’t know that the US Notes issue was nothing more than Lincoln’s Greenback issue carried forward. If more were issued it would have been by the Treasury and it wouldn’t “break” the Fed. It would have depreciated the dollar but that’s what fiat issues like the Greenback usually do.
SLOPPY premise.
What I have been advocating is an independence between state and church. What many people don't realize is that the "liberal" churches have been pumping their own form of religion upon the government. And because it often comes with a smiley face whereas the "conservative" churches' form of this often comes with a frowney face, the smiley face wins.
What would happen if we abandoned that model and went back to one where the only folks expected to be exalting God were the churches? The rest (e.g. Donald Trump) are expected to be fair in some secular, worldly sense but we give up the idea of ever getting a boost for "religion" that way other than being friendly to the generic idea of faith.
Suddenly it WOULD look more like the Cyrus model. The church can be more vigorous with less resources than ancient Israel could, but the grace of God is the supply. If Trump makes the USA economically happier, then churches can ride on that surplus to fuel their gospel missions better.
So Laz am I mad? Yep I am God-mad. Like Habakkuk was.
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