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Post by Throwback on Jul 23, 2008 14:43:12 GMT -5
it's not a 20 year curse. It is about people who were elected in a year ending with 0. Zachary Taylor was elected in 1848 He wasn't assassinated, Nobody tried to assassinate him and he wasn't elected in a year ending with zero. That's why he hasn't been mentioned. He died in 1850 so that's the excuse people use. but that has nothing to do with it. It's not about people who die in a year ending in zero. |
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Post by Mother on Jul 23, 2008 15:02:01 GMT -5
I wish the days of the angry Presidents would come back....seriously my top 5 favs are easily the most pissed off and definately guys you would not want to cross;
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Richard Nixon
John Adams
Teddy Roosevelt
We need more take no s*** kinds of Presidents!!!!!
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Post by Throwback on Jul 23, 2008 20:41:07 GMT -5
I wish the days of the angry Presidents would come back....seriously my top 5 favs are easily the most pissed off and definately guys you would not want to cross; Andrew Jackson Abraham Lincoln Richard Nixon John Adams Teddy Roosevelt We need more take no s*** kinds of Presidents!!!!! As a Canadian I never deeply studied the American Presidents. But after reading up on Andrew Jackson, I agree he was pretty bad ass. |
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Post by Rorschach on Jul 23, 2008 20:46:04 GMT -5
Teddy Roosevelt wasn't ALWAYS angry....in fact, he was a pretty jovial guy to hang around with, from all accounts.
I'd like to think that we could have a President as badass as T.R. again soon someday.....but unfortunately, Fedor Emelianenko cannot legally hold the office.
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Post by Throwback on Jul 23, 2008 20:54:07 GMT -5
OK so I just found videos of the assassinations and attempts on almost all the presidents on the list. All I have to say is. JFK =  |
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Post by Rorschach on Jul 23, 2008 21:10:35 GMT -5
OK so I just found videos of the assassinations and attempts on almost all the presidents on the list. All I have to say is. JFK = You had never seen that before? It's ingrained in most of us older Americans as ICONIC imagery, right up there with the Moon Landing and Tianamen Square. |
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Post by Throwback on Jul 23, 2008 21:17:54 GMT -5
OK so I just found videos of the assassinations and attempts on almost all the presidents on the list. All I have to say is. JFK = You had never seen that before? It's ingrained in most of us older Americans as ICONIC imagery, right up there with the Moon Landing and Tianamen Square. 1. It Happened Before I was born 2. I'm Canadian 3. I never thought to look it up. I saw a pic of it on the cover of a punk band cd when I was younger. (don't remember who) I had no idea his head blew up like that. Nor did I know it happened inches away from his wife. |
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Post by erisi236 on Jul 23, 2008 21:23:44 GMT -5
What we need is an age of Presidents with beards again, or at least mutton chops.
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Post by gsguy on Jul 23, 2008 21:30:30 GMT -5
What we need is an age of Presidents with beards again, or at least mutton chops.  Hell yeah! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2008 21:31:36 GMT -5
What we need is an age of Presidents with beards again, or at least mutton chops. Last president with facial hair was Taft, who was in office about 100 years ago. |
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Post by Rorschach on Jul 23, 2008 21:51:41 GMT -5
You had never seen that before? It's ingrained in most of us older Americans as ICONIC imagery, right up there with the Moon Landing and Tianamen Square. 1. It Happened Before I was born 2. I'm Canadian 3. I never thought to look it up. I saw a pic of it on the cover of a punk band cd when I was younger. (don't remember who) I had no idea his head blew up like that. Nor did I know it happened inches away from his wife. Going in no particular order, ahhh screw it, I'll go in the order you posted them: 1: LOTS of things worth knowing happened before you were born....doesn't mean you shouldn't take interest in the past. 2: I'm American....but that doesn't mean that I don't care about things that have marked history in other parts of the world. 3: You shouldn't have had to look it up....the footage airs just about every year on the anniversary of the assasination. We Americans are morbid like that. I don't mean to come across as an ass, though. I am glad you're interested in it.....and I encourage you to learn more. On a Canadian note....you ever hear of the Halifax Explosion? That happened a HELLUVA long time ago, but it held the record as the largest man made disaster in North American history.....until September 11th, 2001. |
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Post by Throwback on Jul 23, 2008 22:02:02 GMT -5
On a Canadian note....you ever hear of the Halifax Explosion? That happened a HELLUVA long time ago, but it held the record as the largest man made disaster in North American history.....until September 11th, 2001. Damn it! I was gonna use that as an example of Canadian history that most Americans don't know of. LOL Yes I know of it. I live in Halifax I don't think you're being an ass. But in all honsety we don't learn much about details of American History here. We learned. JFK was shot in a motorcade by Lee Harvy Oswald. and that's about it |
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Jul 23, 2008 22:06:09 GMT -5
OK so I just found videos of the assassinations and attempts on almost all the presidents on the list. All I have to say is. JFK = If you think that is bad, look for the Autopsy photos. |
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Post by Throwback on Jul 23, 2008 22:07:30 GMT -5
OK so I just found videos of the assassinations and attempts on almost all the presidents on the list. All I have to say is. JFK = If you think that is bad, look for the Autopsy photos. Now those I've seen. Oh you just reminded me of the old high school days when everyone went to rotten.com lol |
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Post by Rorschach on Jul 23, 2008 22:09:24 GMT -5
If you think that is bad, look for the Autopsy photos. Now those I've seen. Oh you just reminded me of the old high school days when everyone went to rotten.com lol OMG! Rotten.com used to be THE site that everyone DARED everyone else to go to. Some truly SICK shit on that site. |
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Post by Throwback on Jul 23, 2008 22:15:10 GMT -5
Now those I've seen. Oh you just reminded me of the old high school days when everyone went to rotten.com lol OMG! Rotten.com used to be THE site that everyone DARED everyone else to go to. Some truly SICK crap on that site. I just went to it for nostalgic reasons. still as sick as ever. |
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Post by Mac on Jul 23, 2008 22:49:57 GMT -5
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Post by Throwback on Jul 23, 2008 23:06:22 GMT -5
NO When did Beards stop being majestic and start being seen as dirty? I'd love it if my leader was rockin a ZZ top. lol |
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Post by Rorschach on Jul 23, 2008 23:11:30 GMT -5
Many people are afraid of beards. I used to date a girl who was terrified of them.
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Post by Throwback on Jul 23, 2008 23:23:43 GMT -5
Maybe it has to do with the invention of the razor. (I mean those little ones, not straight razors)
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