My Thoughts on the Presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson

LBJ took a role as President after JFK was assassinated in 1963.

Domestically (despite a questionable past in politics) LBJ was pretty liberal socially. He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which was the most major form of equal rights law in history. 

He also created Medicare for the eldery, and Medicaid for the poor. Both programs still help out many today. 

He also help created programs such as Head Start and Food Stamps. 

However the one thing that came to haunt LBJ was not riots in the streets, but rather war in the East. His arrogance with the Vietnam war costed us a lot of money, time, and lives, and ruined his political career. The prevention of the spread of Communism might have seemed like one of the most important objectives in history back in the 1960's however today, we can see Vietnam as a meaningless lost cause. 

Despite a big mistake in foreign matters, I think LBJ was a pretty good president. He made a lot of progress when it came to social and domestic issues. 

Meg Whitman Named HP CEO

The computer company is hoping the former Ebay CEO will help their company. Honestly it couldn't be worse than her California race for Governor last year. She spent over 144 million of HER OWN MONEY and still lost to Jerry Brown. At least she found a job.  

Former President Bill Clinton Declined Dancing the Stars Offer

Even though I've never watched the show, I remember when they first tried to promote it. Originally they had worthless has-beens as the majority of their contestants. However recently, more legitimate celebrities have joined the show. Bill Clinton apparently got an invite for the show but declined. He had a couple of reasons, but I think the biggest was the fact that Hilary reminded him of what happened the last time he started dancing with other women. 

Warren Buffet To Attend Obama Fundraiser

Warren Buffet has already been a pretty big supporter of Obama, and he is going to attend an 35,800 per person fundraiser. Obama is also a big fan of Buffet since he unveiled a tax-plan nicknamed "The Buffet Rule" which will make the super-rich pay the same rate as the middle class does.

My Thoughts On The Presidency of John F. Kennedy

JFK beat Nixon in a close race to become our 3rd President to serve during the cold war. 

Most of what JFK was notable for dealt with foreign affairs. For example one of the first things that happen was the Bay of Pigs invasion. Where the CIA had trained Cuban rebels to overthrow the Castro-Communist government. Needless to say, that plan flopped pretty hard. 

The Cuban Missile Crisis had the world on the edge of it's toes over the thought of nuclear war. Thankfully it ended with both sides making compromising and removing nukes close to their rival's homelands. 

JFK also had a lot to do with the prevention of Communist countries such as Laos and Vietnam. At least he didn't mess things up as badly as LBJ did. 

I do have to thank him for the creation of the Peace Corps which still operates and helps many today. 

He also helped hurl us into the Space Race when we were lagging behind the Soviets. Might seem kinda silly today, but it really helped boost American morale back then. 

JFK was a friend to civil rights, and did a lot to help the cause. Granted he did wait cautiously for fear of the racist Southern Democrats (most of whom later switched to the Republican side) trying to block all his civil rights bills. 

Of course it all ended short when JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Texas. 

As for Oswald, I believe if he wasn't acting alone then he was working for some criminal mafia-type group. Maybe he worked as one of their thugs and perhaps they didn't want him to link them to the death of a U.S. president. Which pretty much meant that whole police force on all levels would hunt you down.  

I think JFK was a good president, however I think his legacy is a bit heightened because his reign was cut short too soon. 

Bill O' Reilly Might Call It Quits If His Taxes Are Too High

When Obama revealed a plan to slightly increase the amount of taxes on the super-rich Bill O'Reilly took some offense. How dare he tax him more money? Even though he pays far less percentage wise compared to the middle class. Here's Bill's own words

"Here's the unintended consequence of Mr. Obama's revenue enhancing plan, and I must tell you I want the feds to get more revenue. I don't want to starve them, as some people do. We need a robust military, a good transportation system and protections all over the place. But if you tax achievement, some of the achievers are going to pack it in.

Again, let's take me. My corporations employ scores of people. They depend on me to do what I do so they can make a nice salary. If Barack Obama begins taxing me more than 50 percent, which is very possible, I don't know how much longer I'm going to do this. I like my job, but there comes a point when taxation becomes oppressive. Is the country really entitled to half a person's income?"

Well Bill if you want to make no money because you pretend the government is going to take half your money go right ahead. I'll be happy to complain like a whiny baby for a couple hours and get payed millions a year. Obama could tax me 99% and I'd still be happy.

Gov. Rick Perry Calls Obama "Socialist"

Like all stupid conservatives who want to sling mud at Obama, Rick Perry has called Obama a socialist for the first time publicly that I know of since he threw his name in the presidential ring. It comes from a recent Time magazine interview.

Time: Now that you’ve been in the race for while, do you feel pressure to temper some of your rhetoric, like calling the Obama administration socialist?

Rick Perry: No, I still believe they are socialist. Their policies prove that almost daily. Look, when all the answers emanate from Washington D.C., one size fits all, whether it’s education policy or whether it’s healthcare policy, that is, on its face, socialism

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Oh god, do I hate people who throw around the word Socialism and don't even understand what it means. Not like Obama does anything even remotely progressive anymore since the Republicans took over the House of Representatives. Rick Perry is a liar and con-artist.

Anthony Weiner is Having a Boy

The disgraced Congress resigned earlier this year, however his marriage stayed afloat despite his Twitter sex scandal. His wife revealed she was pregnant after coming back from a business trip, and now they found out that the new baby will be a boy. Another Weiner in the family.

My Thoughts On The Presidency of Harry S. Truman

Harry Truman became president after the death of FDR in 1945. Bringing him into power at the climax of World War II. 

Which meant he had to make the tough decisions of using nuclear weapons on a city of innocent people .

And he had to make the order twice. 

Despite the questionable use of nuclear weapons, he was also pretty alright with foreign affiars. He helped found the United Nations, the rebuilding of Europe, and the prevention of North Korea taking over the South with the Korean War. 

Domestically he was a questionable friend of labor rights. Except his solutions to end major strikes seemed too forceful. 

He also had to deal with extreme fears of communism at home which came to form as McCarthyism. 

Which didn't help matters when it came to introducing more social-progressive ideas. He was one of the first presidents to really try to get our country universal health care. The Republican Congress weren't fans of his Fair Deal. 

Some of things relating to civil rights seemed a bit sketchy under his term, but he did make some advancements. One of the most notable ones being the de-segregation of troops in the military. 

Overall I think Truman was a pretty good president. An easy top ten placer for sure. 

Tammy Baldwin Plans To Enter Senate Race To Become 1st Openly Gay Senator in History

If the congresswoman wins Herb Kohl's senate seat, then she will make history as the first openly gay U.S. Senator. But that leads to question if there is already a gay person in the senate who's in the closet?

There are deep rumors that Lindsey Graham, the Republican Senator from SC is in the closet. He's a life-long bachelor, and he is a little more feminine than the average guy, so that's probably where they're coming from. He's getting picked apart by the Republican groups in SC these days especially among-st the Tea Party. But anyways good luck to Tammy, I hope she wins. 

My Thoughts on the Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is one of my favorite presidents, and while his presidency has a lot of things to cover, for sake of length I will only talk about the major things. 

It was under FDR that we got Social Security, many labor reforms, and the increase of the American standard of living. 

Despite economic and social-welfare success, the biggest point of his presidency was that of World War II. Unlike our involvement in World War I, we didn't waste any time after getting attacked. 

Thankfully under his leadership, along with our allies we were able to take down Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. 

He also worked very closely with the other leaders of the world. FDR, Churchill, and Stalin were the triple team against the Axis of Evil. Which is a bit ironic since Stalin was one evil dude. 

I'm generally favorable of most of his presidency except for the case of the interment camps which arrested and detained German, Italian, and more notably Japanese-Americans for no real reason. 

It's a bit of shame that FDR died right before the war ended. 

I'm a bit ashamed of my fellow Americans who believe the tainted legacy foretold by Conservative Republicans and Libertarians. Despite your political views, he did a lot, and I admire and respect him for it. 

Bad Dudes (NES) Review

I only remembered this game for it's infamous quote line. Yes the president has been kidnapped by ninjas, and I'm a bad enough dude to rescue the president. 

The game itself is kinda Double Dragon meets Ninja Gaiden. You run around with punches and kicks while various kinds of ninjas come out of nowhere to put your head on a silver platter. 

The game itself has graphical problems such a glitching which really effects trying to see what any of them are trying to do to you. I for one have a hard time seeing one pixel ninja stars that are half invisible. Good luck getting to the end of the stage though. 

At the end of a stage you are treated to a boss fight, which aren't that bad. I enjoyed fighting the ninja-claw boss dude quite a bit. It's a shame that the game will reset if you die too much. Seven hard stages of brutalness too, not a fan of that. Ronald Reagan can stay kidnapped, I'm a Democrat anyway. 

Score: 4 out of 10

Gov. Nikki Haley Offering Free Rides

Our awful governor got caught joking on an interview that she would personally drive anyone to the DMV that needed a ID just to vote. Well it seems that she was almost correct in her statement. She's using taxpayer money now to fund a hotline that will tell a DMV employee to pick up your butt in-case you can't get to a DMV. While in defense mode, she said this would allow Democrats to stop complaining, but in reality we just have another thing to laugh at. 

Rush Limbaugh Says Obama Wanted Hurricane Irene to Be "Worse"

Hurricane Irene didn't kill everyone on the East Coast, and it was pretty well managed by governments on every level making it a hurricane that caused little harm or damage. Think this fat jerk would be happy? No, he instead reverse blames Obama because he says the President would want it to do massive damage so he could have something to blame the economy on. 

Fact of the Day: Lose Vice President? Become President Later

Despite being one of the most popular and man most elected to the presidency; FDR lost as a running mate in the 1920 presidential election. Warren G. Harding beat James M. Cox in a landslide. 

Paul Ryan Denies Run For President

A lot of Republicans are being asked this question about their name being thrown into the hat about taking on Obama in next year's election. Paul Ryan has quickly denied any intent of becoming President in 2013.

"I sincerely appreciate the support from those eager to chart a brighter future for the next generation. While humbled by the encouragement, I have not changed my mind, and therefore I am not seeking our party's nomination for President. I remain hopeful that our party will nominate a candidate committed to a pro-growth agenda of reform that restores the promise and prosperity of our exceptional nation. I remain grateful to those I serve in Southern Wisconsin for the unique opportunity to advance this effort in Congress." -Rep. Paul Ryan

Which is a good thing, the last thing we need is another clown who wants destroy all of the government welfare programs so they can give their criminal wall street friends yet another tax-break. 

Fact of the Day: Very Popular Vote

Franklin Delano Roosevelt won 4 terms as president, which is higher than any other president in history. Though he did not complete his 4th term because he died in 1945.