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Before Dreams," There Was Roots

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:14:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The fraud that was "Roots". How Haley's work was derived from " The African" by Courlander and a subsequent genealogy research confirmed the falseness of the book.

Clip Source: www.americanthinker.com

Before Dreams," There Was Roots

"This is the first president that actually writes his own books since Teddy Roosevelt and arguably the first to write them really well since Lincoln," gushed Rocco Landesman,

As evidence that Obama did not exactly write Dreams mounts, Landesman gives us a good indication of how America's cultural honchos will react.

There is no better case study of a literary cover-up than that surrounding the publishing phenomenon known as Roots: The Saga of an American Family.

Fraud is the means Haley used to indulge his bias, and this he did in an extraordinarily reckless fashion. Unfortunately for Haley, at least one person in the cultural establishment was not about to give him a pass because of race or agenda.

Less than ten years later, Haley flagrantly rewrote large sections of his book and made $2.6 million in hardcover royalties alone. Courlander was not a happy camper

Pardon Me, but Your Sycophancy Is Showing

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:47:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Commentary on how some people make statements without knowing the facts. Also some good info on U.S. Grants memoirs and Teddy Roosevelt.

Clip Source: www.commentarymagazine.com

Pardon Me, but Your Sycophancy Is Showing

It’s amazing how many people seem not to know where to look information up, or perhaps don’t care, as they have things other than accuracy on their agenda. Take Rocco Landesman, the new head of the National Endowment of the Arts. In a speech in Brooklyn last week, he said of Barack Obama, “This is the first president that actually writes his own books since Teddy Roosevelt and arguably the first to write them really well since Lincoln.”

Third, Landesman implicitly accuses Theodore Roosevelt of being, unlike Barack Obama, a second-rate writer. Roosevelt wrote a total of 38 books in his life (not to mention countless magazine articles and thousands of letters, all while holding a day job and living only sixty years). His first, The Naval War of 1812, written when he was 23, is considered a basic historical text on that subject and is still both highly readable and in print. Will The Audacity of Hope be in print a 125 years after it was published?

Obama Has Won The 100 Metres at The 2012 London Olympics

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:32:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Thus, with President Wilson alone, the Nobel Peace Prize death toll is over 50 million and counting.

Occasionally the peace prize has gone to actual peace negotiators but usually, per Teddy Roosevelt, when there was nothing left to negotiate. Carlos Saavedra Lamas got his in 1936 for mediating between Bolivia and Paraguay in the Chaco War (1932-35). Both nations were exhausted, 100,000 soldiers were dead, and the Chaco was--as it had been and remains--a vast, useless weed patch. Likewise, Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan (1976) and John Hume and David Trimble (1998)--the four of them were standing around when, after 500 years, the fool residents of my ancestral homeland ran out of ammo and beer.

Of course, if you go around giving prizes left and right (mostly left) for more than a century, you're bound to give some to worthy people once in a while. With the Nobel committee this usually involves the Red Cross (1901, 1917, 1944, 1963). But the Red Cross doesn't bring peace . . .

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Nobel left most of his huge fortune to an endowment that funds the prizes named after himself. Beginning in 1901 five Nobels have been awarded pretty much annually. They are given for chemistry, physics, medicine, literature "of an ideal tendency," and peace. Since 1969 there's been a sixth prize, for economics--to no good effect, judging by my 401(k). I don't know enough about chemistry, physics, medicine, or literature of an ideal tendency to say whether these prizes have done harm. But the peace prize stinks.

Theodore Roosevelt got the 1906 prize for ending the Russo-Japanese War after it was over. Never mind his role in starting the Spanish-American War, an altogether less worthwhile conflict. We conquered Puerto Rico! And the 1919 honoree, Woodrow Wilson, gave us America's participation in World War I, and then, with his Versailles Treaty, he gave us everybody's participation in World War II. "Woody's World" is with us right down to the present day in places such as Kosovo.

Tags: nobel peace prize award-chemistry physics medicine, obama

Men's FRYE Carson Harness Boot

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:18:17 GMT

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Clip Source: mens-frye-harness-boot.blogspot.com

The Frye Company is the oldest continuously operated shoe company in the United States. Founded in 1863 by John A. Frye, a well-to-do shoemaker from England, and family-run until 1945, Frye products have a long and illustrious history. Frye boots were worn by soldiers on both sides of America's Civil War, soldiers in the Spanish-American war, and by Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders. When home-steading drew adventurous New England families to the West during the mid and late 1800's many of the pioneers wore Frye Boots for the long journey. Today Frye remains true to its roots with its line of heritage boots, but continues to innovate as it introduces chic new handbags, pumps, and sandals to its collection.

Tags: men's frye carson harness boot, men's frye carson boot

Matthews: conservatives have destroyed health reform "since Teddy Roosevelt's time"

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:33:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "for almost a century of foot-dragging ... because you guys are really good at destroying ... chances for reform" and "when you guys are in power, you don't do anything."

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Tweety really let "Americans for Prosperity" President Tim Phillips have it

MATTHEWS: "How do we get around the problem that there's so many people out there, and this is why we're having this debate, sir ... the question that's bothered the American people since, what? since Teddy Roosevelt's time, is some people have health insurance and some don't. How do we reconcile that with our sense in this country of looking out for each other, to some extent, to some extent."

"Here's my problem with you guys. The conservatives talk reasonably when the Democrats get in power and say 'well, we've got an alternative that's more free-market

but when you guys are in power, you don't do anything on health care

and that's why for, god, almost a century of foot-dragging

the Democrats get in power, whether it's Truman or it's Bill Clinton

or it's Barack Obama, they try something and it fails, because you guys are good at playing negative politics

You're really good at destroying

chances for reform..."

Tags: healthcare

Tom Hartman on Corporate "Personhood"

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:54:36 GMT

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Clip Source: www.commondreams.org

Published on Monday, July 6, 2009 by CommonDreams.org

Fascism Coming to a Court Near You

Corporate Personhood and the Roberts' Court

by Thom Hartmann

As the 1983 American Heritage Dictionary noted, fascism is: "A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with belligerent nationalism."

Get ready.

Last year a right-wing group put together a 90-minute hit-job on Hillary Clinton, and wanted to run it on TV stations in strategic states. The Federal Election Commission ruled that the "documentary" was actually a "campaign ad" and thus fell under the restrictions on campaign spending of McCain-Feingold, and thus stopped it from airing. (Corporate contributions to campaigns have been banned repeatedly and in various ways since 1907 when Teddy Roosevelt pushed through the Tillman Act.)

Tags: corporate "personhood", tom hartman, federalist society, scalia, corruption, max baccus, obama, holder, civil rights, fascism

"..the man...in the arena" Teddy Roosevelt quote

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:59:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: taken from Patrick Fitz-Gibbon website
helpingyouhelpyourself.net

Clip Source: www.helpingyouhelpyourself.net

” The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who never know neither victory or defeat.”

Theodore Rosevelt

In Defense of Ass-Kicking

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:12:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Whether through failure or constructive criticism, ass-kicking reminds us we’re not alone in the world.

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We all need a good ass-kicking sometimes.

That’s exactly what I’m going to tell you about today—why being kicked in the behind can be a significant benefit for your productivity and focus.

There is a very long list of things I know virtually nothing about—home improvement, car maintenance, higher math, oh, it could go on and on—but in a few specific areas, I’ve earned some decent qualifications over the years. The funny thing I realized while thinking about this is that with each of the areas of relative skill, the process of learning has usually been somewhat painful.

More often than not, I have learned far more from failure than from success… and I suspect that’s true of most people.

Consider this quote from Teddy Roosevelt:

Far better to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”

Stomach Pain, Digestive Trouble

Sun, 31 May 2009 10:17:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: If you are in pain after eating or suffer from any of a host of digestive and stomach problems then this site is for you... Learn the solution for stomach/digestive trouble.

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Solving the problems of Stomach pain, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and the host of digestive related problems is what this site is about. We recommend The Great Taste No Pain System as a primary means of doing this. Regardless of your past experience this system can help you.

One of the primary components of the Great Taste No Pain System is the science of food combining, which was first introduced into the US in 1911 by Dr. William Hay, a New York surgeon who used it to cure his Bright’s Disease, a kidney disease which was often fatal at that time. In fact, among the many thousands of lives it claimed was Teddy Roosevelt’s first wife, who died of Bright’s Disease at just 22 years of age.

Tags: stomach pain, digestive trouble, great taste no pain, digestive problems

Motivational posters: Theodore Roosevelt edition

Sun, 24 May 2009 04:04:03 GMT

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Clip Source: artofmanliness.com

If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile, you’ll know that we’re big fans of Theodore Roosevelt. No one preached the art of manliness more ardently or lived it more fervently than TR. To start your week off with a swift kick in the pants of manly inspiration, we’ve created some TR-themed motivational posters. Each poster includes a picture of Roosevelt living the strenuous life, along with a motivational quote from the man himself. Bully! (If you receive email updates, you might have to come to the site to see the images.)

Tags: posters, inspiration, funny, teddy-roosevelt

Tyranny in a Sentence - Don Boudreaux

Thu, 07 May 2009 03:51:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I just have to wonder how much of this we will put up with. I know the majority are wise enough to recognize the patterns of history. Why does it seem the world is asleep to the echos of the past resounding louder as each approaching step toward a truly fascist society is created? We sloughed this off before in the last lurch toward fascism in the era of T. Roosevelt, Wilson, Harding, and FDR. It seems we have moved in the last 3 years, since I started noticing this trend, farther left than we went from Teddy Roosevelt to Wilson. FDR was the hammer to head. The wake up call. Thank goodness Democrats of that day were not Progressive and quickly set term limits on the Presidency. The thing is, though, there are so many parallels. People would be served well to study closely the era of these four Presidents, their speeches, the true ideas of progressivism these men preached. Like it or not, Fascism has been making a comeback.

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Here's one of the scariest lines that I've read in a long, long time. It's from Michael Copps, Interim Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, uttered back in February:

“If markets cannot produce what society really cares about, like a media that reflects the true diversity and spirit of our country, then government has a legitimate role to play."

Mr. Copps apparently can divine "what society really cares about" from his armchair or from his big, tall chairman's seat at the F.C.C.

What Mr. Copps's statement amounts to in practice, of course, is the following:

If market do not produce what I really care about -- what I judge to be acceptable -- then government under the control of myself and of my friends (or at least of people who think like me) must force suppliers and consumers to behave as I wish them to behave.

Too Big To Fail = Too Big

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:12:07 GMT

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Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Last fall's financial panic raises anew a long-running issue in American politics: how big should financial institutions be allowed to grow?

To most Americans the answer is clear: if a financial institution is too big to fail, it's just too big.

From Andrew Jackson to Williams Jennings Bryant to Teddy Roosevelt and FDR, the battle over size and power of banks and other financial institutions has been a theme that has run throughout American history. The reason is simple. The larger a financial institution becomes, the greater its power to control the lives and futures of ordinary Americans. Of course, that power is never demonstrated so graphically as in times of financial collapse, when the excesses of unregulated markets and supersized financial empires implode on the entire economy.

But the fact is, there is no good economic rationale for the massive size of today's financial institutions -- or for the massive growth of the financial sector in general

Tags: econopcalypse, banking, money, history, corporations

Actor James Whitmore dies

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:08:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Wonderful Actor.
He played U.S. Navy Adm. William F. Halsey in the World War II epic "Tora! Tora! Tora!" and was an imperious ape in the 1968 classic "Planet of the Apes."

Whitmore looked natural in cowboy boots and hat, appearing in such TV series as "Bonanza," "The Virginian" and "Gunsmoke."

He also did commercials for Miracle-Gro plant foods.

According to IMDb.com, Whitmore was born in 1921 in White Plains, New York. He was married four times: twice to Nancy Mygatt, for four years in the '70s to actress Audra Lindley, and since 2001 to actress Noreen Nash.

He was the father of three children, including actor-director James Whitmore Jr.

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Actor James Whitmore dies

Actor known for one-man stage portrayals of Truman, Will Rogers, Teddy Roosevelt

He had memorable roles in "Twilight Zone," "Shawshank Redemption"

(CNN) -- Craggy-faced film, television and stage actor James Whitmore has died at 87, the Los Angeles County, California, Sheriff's Department confirmed Saturday.

Actor James Whitmore, pictured in December 2006, had a 60-year career on stage, in films and on television.

Details of his death and funeral arrangements were not available.

Whitmore notably portrayed Harry Truman, Will Rogers and Theodore Roosevelt in one-man stage shows and created memorable characters in many movies and TV shows, including "The Twilight Zone."

Movie fans may remember his subtle portrayal of aging prison inmate Brooks Hatlen in 1994's "The Shawshank Redemption" with Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman.

The actor won an Emmy in 2000 for his performance as Raymond Oz in a three-episode arc on the ABC legal drama "The Practice," according to IMDb.com.

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Spare the Rod, Spoil the Jackel!

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:53:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: We all need to show more righteous indignation at the theft of our money with no accountability strings attached.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

The president’s disgust at Wall Street looters was good. But we need more. We need disgorgement.

de him, Mr. Obama called it “shameful” and “the height of irresponsibility” for Wall Street bankers to give themselves $18.4 billion worth of bonuses for last year.

They should know better, he coolly chided.

Now that he has the power to act, Mr. Obama spoke,

“like that disappointed parent

That’s not enough, not with the president and Geithner continuing to dole out what may end up being a trillion dollars to these “malefactors of great wealth,” as Teddy Roosevelt put it.

they need a special prosecutor or three. Spare the rod, spoil the jackal.

“These people are idiots,”

“You can’t use taxpayer money to pay out $18 billion in bonuses. .

The president needs to think like Andrew Cuomo. “ ‘Performance bonus’ for many of the C.E.O.’s is an oxymoron

“I would tell them, a) you don’t deserve a bonus, b) where are you going to go? and c) if you want to go, go.”

Tags: economy

Fox's Glenn Beck Complains - Obama didn't use the Bible While He Forgives Bush's Lies

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:43:55 GMT

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Clip Source: www.alternet.org

Not Only Is Fox's Glenn Beck a Bigot, He's Also a Lunatic

So not only is Glenn Beck a bigot, but he's also a raving lunatic. On his Fox News show, Beck freaked out because President Obama didn't place his hand on a Bible while retaking the oath of office. The best part was Beck pretended he "checked" and found that no President has been sworn in without a Bible. That, of course, is FALSE. As Think Progress points out, Teddy Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, and John Quincy Adams didn't use Bibles when they were sworn into office.

why should Beck let a little thing like the facts get in the way of marginalizing Obama at all costs? Isn't that what all the redo complaints really boil down to -- the true Fox mission?

Fox simply gave the Bush administration a pass for eight painfully long years of blatant lies and illicitness. Now, however, they're suddenly so concerned about strictly adhering to the law, criticizing Obama over something that was actually the fault of Chief Justice Roberts.

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