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March 26, 2015

OH MY FUCKING GOD! Check this shit out!

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/11/16/heterosexual-awareness-day-anti-gay-marriage-science-fair/

DISGUSTING! I am tired of conservatives telling other people how to live their lives. Fuck you, fuck your bible, and fuck your hatred!
March 25, 2015

iSideWith quiz

My results:
I side 92% with the Green Party
86% with the Democratic Party
72% with Libertarians
52% with Socialists
13% with the Republican Party

On Healthcare I side with the Green Party
On Domestic Policy, the Democratic Party
On foreign policy, Libertarians
On immigration, the Green Party
On the economy, the Green Party
On social issues, the Democratic Party
On education, the Green Party
On the environment, the Green Party



http://www.isidewith.com

March 25, 2015

Bill Clinton cracks top 10 in rankings of presidents; Obama sits 18th (poll)

http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2015/02/bill_clinton_cracks_top_10_on.html

Bill Clinton was impeached during his second term but enjoyed favorable approval ratings (66 percent) when he left office in January 2001.
Clinton's popularity has improved since he left office and it apparently has paid off with political scientists as well as he was ranked the eighth greatest president in U.S. history in a survey of 162 members of the American Political Science Association.
It is the first time Clinton has cracked the top 10 in a poll. In 2010 he finished 13th and 2011 he was 19th in two other surveys, reports Yahoo! News.
Another first-timer in the top 10 is Dwight Eisenhower, who was ranked seventh...
No. 1 was Abraham Lincoln, followed by George Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The rest of the top 10 are Teddy Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Harry S. Truman, Eisenhower, Clinton, Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson.





March 12, 2015

Top 10 Worst U.S. Presidents

1. George W. Bush (2001-2009; R)
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Lying about WMDs to get us into Iraq which in turn killed 100,000 people altogether, war crimes, waterboarding terrorists, waited five days to do something about Hurricane Katrina, stole 2000 election, tax cuts for rich, 2007 recession, etc.
2. Andrew Johnson (1865-1869; D)
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“This is a country for white men, and by God, as long as I am President, it shall be a government for white men,” vetoed civil rights bill
3. John Adams (1797-1801; F)
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Alien and sedition acts
4. Franklin Pierce (1853-1857; D)
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Wanted to expand slavery
5. Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929; R)
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Along with the corrupt Harding, his policies caused the Great Depression
6. Herbert Hoover (1929-1933; R)
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Although a good person, he failed to do much about the Great Depression. FDR's New Deal may not have been a complete success, but they worked better than anything Hoover tried
7. Warren G. Harding (1921-1923; R)
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Corrupt administration, policies are basically responsible for the Great Depression
8. Ronald Reagan (1981-1989; R)
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Inequality among Americans, failed to do anything about AIDS, hated unions, fired airport strike workers, felt homelessness wasn't a problem, cut food stamps, cut Social Security, left us with a bad economy and large debt, etc.
9. William Taft (1909-1913; R)
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Refused to let Congress pass legislation to let blacks vote
10. James Buchanan (1857-1861; D)
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Pretty much allowed the Civil War to happen

March 10, 2015

Top 10 Greatest U.S. Presidents

My list:
1. Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865; R)
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Brought the nation together again following the Civil War, abolished slavery
2. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945; D)
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New Deal, Social Security, leadership in WWII (the last necessary war we participated in)
3. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963; D)
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Saved the world from nuclear holocaust in 1962 by keeping a cool head and not going to war, created the Peace Corps, promised to land an American on the moon by the end of the decade, responded to Governor Wallace's stand in the schoolhouse door by sending troops to demand him to move
4. George Washington (1789-1797; I)
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Set the precedents and laid the groundwork for all future presidents, remained neutral to the wars raging in Europe, stepped down after two terms and refused to be a dictator
5. Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909; R)
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Square Deal, regulating big business, improved labor conditions, created the minimum wage, conservation, created the National Parks system, etc.
6. Bill Clinton (1993-2001; D)
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Fixed the economy after 12 years of Republican rule and presided over the longest peacetime economic expansion in U.S. history, paid off the national debt, budget surpluses
7. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961; R)
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Presided over favorable economic conditions, expanded most of FDR's New Deal policies including Social Security, sent troops to Little Rock to enforce the integration of nine black students in a high school, warned against the military industrial complex
8. Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977; R)
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Made the bravest and most unselfish decision a president has ever made in the history of this great nation of ours: pardoned Nixon so we could get the Watergate scandal behind us and move on to other issues
9. Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809; D)
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Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark expedition
10. James K. Polk (1845-1849; D)
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Made the United States a coast-to-coast nation, walked into office with an agenda and achieved all of it

Now, list your top 10!

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