Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders

[sayanroy36]

fuck reagan

teddy was the greatest, but then again...today he would be kicked out by the repukes for being a socialist

[kraken138]

@sayanroy36 Fuck Obama Teddy was the greatests, but then again...Today he would be drummed out of politics by the Demoncats for being a racist, war mongering, anti-illegal, jingoistic, fascist.

[douglaz67]

Theodore Roosevelt was the man! I heard that he did not think much of the Hyde Park Roosevelts. We need a man with his character intellect and strength to lead us out of this mess created along ago. I also believe his daughter Alice Roosevelt could out smart obama anyday

[DannyCarlton]

@mimo, sounds like you have some personal problems with him. Odd, since he's been dead so long.

[mimo1860]

ted was a racist and the architect of the pacific war through his illegal treaties with japan. This knob was a real fake and just about everything he ever said was aimed at massaging his ego and fooling the public through his manipulation of the emerging media, Try reading the imperial cruise if you want to find out just what horrors this bufoon brought down on the american people. What makes me laugh is the pathetic machoism of this prick and how the average american laps it up.

[ZacVrono]

@mimo1860 and you know this because you were their? or because you read people's conspiracy theories on Wiki? lol

[MusicProjectX]

@ZacVrono

Don't you just hate people who make themselves feel smart by insulting and degrading people who are DEAD, and therefore can't argue back?

[Immaculate416]

And youuu must be the monopoly guy...

[SSArcher11]

FYI - If anything TR was more liberal than FDR. Check the record.

[jlk1046]

I used to admire T.R. but that was before I saw the damage he did to his sons: brain washed them into being foolhearty, suicidal wariors unable to form their own identities -- T.R. Jr had "Rough Rider" emblazoned across the windshield of his jeep in WW II and T.R.'s favorite son, Quentin, was shot down and died at the very end of WW I after flying off alone after a squadron of German fighter planes. At least T.R. was honest enough to realize his glorification of war cost many innocent lives.

[jekkels]

Wow...thats actually and amazing video

[obiwanobiwan13]

It's like looking at a legend, only better- it IS looking at a legend.

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Teddy... cousin FDR... Kennedy and Reagan... (both tend to be loved on one side and hated on the other, so both are there, pick the one you like... I like both, prefer Kennedy, both did good things for the nation):

Where DID the good leaders go?

[Fitzcard]

@obiwanobiwan13 You could nit pick and find flaws in every president really, from jeffersons $10,000 public paid wine cellar (how much today with inflation?) to JFK sending the CIA into Iraq to help the Ba'ath (the same we fought a few years back) party overthrow the government and execute the countries intellectuals so BP (again, same as today) could drill, to Reagan being a total cop out about shrinking the fed into a managable size, washington really wasn't all that awesome as a president.

[flexwheelR]

aint the Rough Riders some rap group from the 90's?

[gotch09]

@flexwheelR You just have to be making a "funny" aren't you?

[coloradocav]

wish we had teddy here now, when we need him most!

[r2ro43]

The Nebraska Rough Riders Started the Philippine American War 1899, Pvt Grayson!

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[fireking9934]

were the rough riders decorated???

[BoldReiver]

Thanks for posting this!

Over the summer, while researching our family linage, I discovered that both TR & another Rough Rider (Scobey -- Co L) are distant cousins of mine!

[Bf2009]

What a badass president.

[galveston]

There'll never be another Teddy Roosevelt

[Poneutria]

Thank God. He was a bearcat for nerve, but he also stole millions of acres of private land through establishing the National Parks and was the first President to suggest nationalizing healthcare. He wasn't exactly a Constitution lover.

[redarrowhead2]

@Poneutria it is REALLY touchy to say whether teddy advocated \a healthcare system anything like today's. teddy really stayed clear of socialist approaches to government ("if an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State"). The only time that he advocated for healthcare was in the election of 1912, when he was up against 3 tough candidates. The healthcare may have also been localized like many approaches back in the day.

[RockyBalboa211]

Lol! Agree, I mean he also hated being president and yet when he found out TR was running he tried to get elected again lol.. that would have made his fatter.

[hoppers001]

It was a whole different world back then. No computers. No jet planes. No satellites. no health fads. No T.v. It's just you, the frontier, and the radio. :)

[hoppers001]

they were until taft betrayed teddy.

[RockyBalboa211]

Wow Bush tried to act like this guy, but he should had tried to act like himself. Their is only one T.R.

[abrahamlincoln0900]

TR was everything a president ought to be.

[drudge20]

TR was so animated in his body language. His gestures with his hands.

The convictions in his face in which way to truly leads the country. He will always be my favorite president of the 20th century.

[oboma8]

Interesting that people of lesser intelligence need to converse using the f word.

[NewtKnight]

hmmm Clinton, Bush, and Obama took drugs. does that show intellegence?

[calosity]

Look what happened with Roosevelt/Taft/Wilson.

Roosevelt should have never run with the bullmoose party that election. Because of that, he split the republican vote and that is why Wilson won. Roosevelt is my favorite President, but thats one thing i think he fucked up on.

[hoppers001]

That was teddy's intent. The republicans were no longer in line with Teddy and Teddy brought them down. Teddy despised Taft and nothing would bring him mroe happiness than to have wilson win.

[notjohnbehan]

@hoppers001 Truth be told was that TR and Wilson despised each other. TR felt Wilson had no fire in his soul, thought Wilson was not truly (as opposed to book learning), and referred to him as a "Byzantine logothete". Wilson returned the favor by ignoring TR while in office and refusing to send him to Europe during WW1 at the head of an all volunteer Rough Rider type outfit.

[notjohnbehan]

@hoppers001 Truth be told was that TR and Wilson despised each other. TR felt Wilson had no fire in his soul, thought Wilson was not truly (as opposed to book learning), and referred to him as a "Byzantine logothete". Wilson returned the favor by ignoring TR while in office and refusing to send him to Europe during WW1 at the head of an all volunteer Rough Rider type outfit.

[RPenta]

@notjohnbehan To Teddy Roosevelt: one of the greatest imperialists in history and one of the architects of the completely bogus Spanish American War; but the best part of the story was yet to come: in 1899 the brutal war against the Phillipines started and we got to kill a whole lot of non-white people; just like General Custer did years before on the Great Plains!

[notjohnbehan]

@hoppers001 Truth be told was that TR and Wilson despised each other. TR felt Wilson had no fire in his soul, thought Wilson was not truly (as opposed to book learning), and referred to him as a "Byzantine logothete". Wilson returned the favor by ignoring TR while in office and refusing to send him to Europe during WW1 at the head of an all volunteer Rough Rider type outfit.

[RockyBalboa211]

No one liked Taft though, which is why I dont understand why they picked Taft. I mean he didnt even like being president and all the pressure added so much weight to his body.

[ilope012]

Damn Roosevelt was such man, what the hell happened to that caliber of person in politics today?

[NewtKnight]

from what i have read of teddy, thus far he was rear even in his time

[bittergunowner12]

Actually T.R's successor William Howard Taft was the last person to have facial hair.

[fraink7]

I wonder how they could have been so productive with their fat bellies.

[OutOnBailNow]

These vintage film clips are better for being silent. We can study his body language without the distraction of narration. Thanks for posting it.

[ImFrom1900]

I like what they wore back then. Now THAT was true class! We should ALL learn to dress like that in this age of Gangsta clothes and what not.

[TolsmaLMC]

I was just thinking that this morning! Presidents and politicians should bring back the top hats, the canes, the monacles! Also, Teddy Roosevelt was the last president to have facial hair I think. I wouldn't mind seeing a president with and neat beard or a handlebar mustache.

[ImFrom1900]

Yes, I know. Isn't it a shame that the presidency nowadays is like a beauty competition. A president or politician nowadays HAS to be attractive in order to gain the majority of the votes. That means that if there's a president with facial hair (in any way, shape or form) he will not win the office.

(BTW, Taft was the last president with facial hair.)

[TolsmaLMC]

Oh, I thought Wilson came after Roosevelt for some reason.

I agree though. Bring some style back to politics. Would it be possible for a politician or candidate to get away with wearing a little facial hair (as long as he kept it neat of course)? Maybe if someone just started wearing a hat, it would make a comeback.

[ImFrom1900]

Sadly, those stylish things have been out of fashion for too much time. If anyone had the sense to bring hats or facial hair back to politics, he'd need to get OTHERS to do it with him, so that it would be more of a "norm" than if he were to do it all himself.

[TolsmaLMC]

Some business people can pull of a professional businessman look with some goatee styles. But yes, it would probably take more than one politician to do that. Maybe some politicians in congress can come together and make an agreement to start wearing neat goatees and hats. I've seen some politicians with goatees. It's not very common, though.

[BSNFabricating]

Wilson DID come after Teddy Roosevelt and Taft... as for the facial hair, I don't know why it went out of style...every president from Lincoln to Taft, except McKinley, had facial hair... I think the last SERIOUS candidate for president with a mustache or beard was Thomas Dewey in 1948 (correct me if I'm wrong)...

[TolsmaLMC]

Every president from Lincoln to Teddy Roosevelt? I don't think Andrew Johnson had facial hair...maybe I'm wrong.

[BSNFabricating]

Ooops...you're right. See what happens when I post comments when I SHOULD be sleeping... =/

[gabe228]

that's not true, look at McCain, he's ugly, and he sucks with issues.

[crosbymalkin07]

Sorta true, which means Martin Van Buren wouldn't make out too well if he was around today... lol

[elkriverharmonicas]

Close. William Howard Taft was the last with facial hair.

[mattm1836]

Greatest President ever. A real man, a true patriot.

[raiderfan14943]

The Guy on the left looks like Taft.

[ImFrom1900]

Not to me.

[OutOnBailNow]

Taft had an even broader girth than that bloke :)

[vedynicechaifaiveh]

Teddy Roosevelt actually said, "Speak softly and carry a picture of John McCain."

[Mindraker1]

That's pretty damned good quality. LOL, I wonder what he would say if he had any clue what "youtube" was.

"Smile for youtube, Roosevelt!"

"Huh?"

"Never mind."

[joetool78]

The guy behind teddy on his left side looks my great great grandfather billy McGinty who was one of his rough riders.

[TolsmaLMC]

Seriously? Do you think it's him, then?

[Hobbitgoth]

Well, video had been around for awhile back then. Even Houdini was a movie director in the early 1900's. You never know though.

[oldhacks]

is this footage of him hoisted up on prosthetics?

[DannyCarlton]

TEDDY Roosevelt, ot his Liberal.socialist cousin, Franklin Deleno Roosevelt, who's infirmities were hidden from public view. Teddy as in fine shape until someone shot him, and even then recovered quickly and went on to run for President again.

[oldhacks]

whats so great about being a conservative capitalist? didn't that cause the great depression? calivin coolidge?

[DannyCarlton]

Coolidge didn't cause the depression. But had FDR not used artificial means to end it, we would have a much healthier economy today, rather than a system of forced inflation which allows the governemtn to steal moeny from us by constantly devaluing the currency.

[oldhacks]

artificial? whats so artificial about creating a net wealth system to insure national economic stability? You guys always want to blame the poor cuz its easier. you should look in the mirror. Its because you refuse to rethink anything and compromise to form any kind of unity with the rest of your country.

[DireWeevil]

I do not believe he was blaming the poor, and am baffled as to how you pulled that out of his comment. They had nothing to do with it anyhow. It was the government, driven by good intentions, that developed a system that just happened to be wrong. Was is nefarious intent? No. Read "The Forgotten Man". That explains a great deal what happened.

[oldhacks]

he doesnt accept the fact that it was Calvin Coolidge's libertarian philosophy that caused the great depression. he wants to say that the poor economy is all because of liberals. Liberals are the ones that protect the poor. third degree of separation. connecting the dots.

[DireWeevil]

Some liberals want to help them, but the ones in power want nothing more than to enslave the poor. Please, I implore you to be careful when declaring that a particular political philosophy seeks to protect anyone. It is all about power created by control. Get a segment of the pop. to rely on you financially, then you have them in your grasp. Coolidge and Roosevelt bot made mistakes, but both were patriots doing the best they knew how with a new economy in drastically changing times.

[oldhacks]

anyone who wants to enslave the poor are not liberals. its that simple. Anyone can say they're liberals or conservatives but actions speak louder then words.

[DireWeevil]

Too true! Corps do the same, but it is worse when you are forced to say to the people you elect "please, sir; can I have some more?" It is dehumanizing. Corps don't get a pass. Look at the hiring of illegal. They do the jobs Americans won't do because they are being paid below the minimum wage. Americans will not work for less than the gov. established minimum. Its hard to live making that amount, but that is why 50 people illegals live in a house for 5. But neither to gov. nor the corps care.

[jon1163]

Uhh...what? That makes no sense whatsoever and furthermore it is way off-base.

[tetrisclock]

Let's not forget that FDR's New Deal did nothing bu prolong the Great Depression and bring this country closer to becoming the United Socialist States of America than ever before in history.

Hoover or anyone else could have stayed in office, and nothing would have changed save the fact that Pearl Harbor gave the USA an opportunity to enter WWII and provide industrial jobs to the unemployed masses.

[onstageagain]

@DannyCarlton you are so right... sooo right... Jimmy Carter did the same thing... he thought every american should own a home... the housing downfall proves that is not true. Most bought under lies ... inflating a salary that was artifical ... borrowing on the equity ... on and on and on... most politicians a loosers... have no idea how to run a business... quick fixes... long term desasters.... period

[HNK222]

@DannyCarlton ... yes .. FDR caused all our economic problems... It's just a pure coincidence that the 2 worst economic times for the US in the past hundred years (the Great Depression and the Bush Recession) were both the results of conservative republican policies. Eventually the policies of Hoover and Bush would have resulted in a great economic boom, but as Stephen Colbert said, facts have a very liberal bias.

[xaviqaz]

@HNK222 Hoover was a progressive. And the 1920-1921 post-WWI deflationary depression was even worse. The largest decline of prices and trade ever in one single year happened in 1920-1921 not in 1929-1932

[mij194]

@DannyCarlton It's the businesses, not the companies that devalue our currency by constantly raising prices due to greed without raising wages. Nixon, I believe is a big reason that our economy is horrible; he opened China up to world trade, virtually inventing outsourcing (not that I blame him; nobody could have expected that getting China involved in international economy would actually promote Communism).

[DannyCarlton]

@mij194 Uh, what would be the difference between a business and a company?

Competition is what keeps business from raising prices too high and keeping wages too low. Unfortunately under socialism, competition is non-existant, therefore socialist nations run into economic problems very quickly. That was how Reagan was able to defeat and end the USSR.

[mij194]

@DannyCarlton That was a typo. I meant government, not company.

[Jamez773]

@DannyCarlton A business can be state owned and is anything run that exchanges services for some type of good. A Company is a corporation that offers stock options, is usually run by multiple people and is recognized as a legal person. In other words All squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares.

[DannyCarlton]

@Jamez773 An odd semantics game. Not all companies are corporations. You haven't really made any sort of distinction between a business and a company.

[Jamez773]

@DannyCarlton And Reagan did not defeat the USSR. They defeated themselves due to infighting, overstretching their military, not having access to enough resources, and not adapting to change. In other words they did everything bad that the US has done over the last decade

Reagan actually harmed the US with his outrageous spending. He raised the dept ceiling 18 times and his tax cuts to the super rich and Companies lead to two financial down turns, one of which you are still experiencing.

[DannyCarlton]

@Jamez773 Really. The USSR was a totalitarian government. It had no infighting (Trotsky found that out). Reagan knew that our economy could stand an arms escalation, while theirs couldn't, therefore he forced their hand, and they collapsed. Reagan defeated them.

Reagan actually raised taxes on the rich by eliminated virtually all the loopholes Democrats had put in place.

Who controlled Congress during Reagan's years? Democrats, so you can't blame Reagan for everything.

[Jamez773]

@DannyCarlton " It had no infighting" Yes it did. When Glasnost took affect many places withing the soviet union started a revolution for independence. It also allowed separate governments within the union to become sovereign. This would lead to military intervention that would lead to infighting among high ranking Government officials. Yeltsin wanted pushed for an Independent Russia while others wanted the Union to stay. There was even a coup Against Gorbachev by the "Gang of 8"

[Jamez773]

@DannyCarlton Also due to heavy military intervention into the Baltic states and it's expensive war in Afghanistan the USSR was put in major debt. With its inability to fund it's nation, several nations within the USSR declaring independence, and infighting among Nationalists and Union loyalists with the Soviet Government the USSR could no longer function. It's collapse was largely do to it's own inabilities NOT any action by Reagan.

[Jamez773]

@DannyCarlton Reagan was a tool of big business that actually did harm to the American people by Spending so much money. Reganomics and similar legislation by presidents after him is the direct cause of the Economic downturn that America is now facing. And on a side note Reagan actually help fund and negotiated with Terrorists that would come to be the radical organizations you fight today. He falls Just short president Polk when it comes to worst presidents in history.

[tetrisclock]

Private sector spending does not cause Federal deficits. A small government that stays out of private companies cannot go in debt through the actions of those private companies. Only government intervention in the private sector causes mass spending without the option of profit.

In order for the Federal government to make money and repay debts through direct meddling in the private sector, the government has to levy taxes.

[redarrowhead2]

@oldhacks coolidge actually avoided a greater depression during his administration. look it up.

[oldhacks]

@redarrowhead2 are you fucking kidding me? you have ANY idea how well of we'd be as a nation if he'd Nationalized those fucking GUSHERS!?!?? Coolidge paved the way for the ELITES to take control. and the great depression is what happened because the elites are just a bunch of money grubbing pieces of fuck that don't know how to run an economy any better than a wife knows how to run a check book. We are this country. we are the economy. that oil should have been PRESERVED

[dinosammy1]

@oldhacks Good Gad get a history lesson...Coolidge prevented the big depression of 1920.... But no one hears about the 1920 depression....just the 1929

[oldhacks]

@dinosammy1 coolidge handed over the oil reserves discovered on this continent to private business owners. creating a Whole new Elite class which still run our economy and foreign policy and energy policy TODAY. get a clue.

[notjohnbehan]

@DannyCarlton Actually, he was shot in the chest in October 1912 while running for President on the Bull Moose ticket. He gave a speech almost immediately afterward, then was carted off to the hospital.

[Charlie265]

One of the greatest of Americans, TR looked out for the welfare of the country above all. We need his kind today!

[GenericGene]

Nice post Danny

[DjDaxter]

re-create the bull-moose party!

[Vvajk]

This was great to watch! I am just learning to really appreciate the man from reading his biography. I'm just to the part where he wins the governorship of NY. I agree with the previous comment. We could use guys like him now days. Maybe they are out there but yet to be found.

[qwertyhop]

Beautiful.

mnuez

mnuez . blogspot . com

[useagle1990]

Excelent, it's good to keep a part of history like that.

[RichSnyder]

We need a president like this guy today...

[isthisit15]

i related to a rough rider and sheriff named Buckey O'Neill google his name.

[mulsanne917]

Bucky's statue sits (to this day) in the city square in Prescott Arizona.

[sammysosa45]

Actually 1911

[AnAmericanGentleman]

Fascinating.