5 Presidents Who Wanted Health Care In America
On June 28th, 2012 the Supreme Court of the United States deemed that the Affordable Health Care Act was constitutional. It was a shock to Republicans and a win for the President. Do you agree with the decision? Are you against it? Either way, what are your reasons? While President Obama will go down in history as the President that passed this legislation, did you know that other presidents have tried before him? Some of them even got pretty close to succeeding in the health care controversy. Here is a list of previous presidents (2 Republicans and 3 Democrats) who worked at getting Health Care in America:
Categories: History, Politics Tags: Affordable Care Act, ama, american medical association, barack obama, Bill Clinton, FDR, franklin d. roosevelt, health care, healthcare, Hillary Rodham Clinton, lbj, obamacare, president obama, richard nixon, ted kennedy, Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, tricky dicky, universal healthcare, Universal Medicine
Five Real People Who Became Words
We see words all the time that make you wonder where they came from. Some words might be obvious as to where they originate, but the ones on this list actually come from real people in history. I am not certain that you'd want to have your name go down through history as a word. There are good points and bad points to it. One is the infamy that it gives to later generations because of something you did. However, how cool would it be to have your name as part of our daily lexicon? Read more...
Five Greatest American Military Victories
A few days ago, we wrote about the greatest American defeats in the history of the military. Now it is time for the greatest victories. Everyone loves a winner and here in America, we love to remember the times we've won the battle. These battles go through many wars and I've chosen the ones I thought were historic and significant battles. Would you have picked these five? Read more...
Categories: History Tags: Andrew Jackson, battle of midway, battle of new orleans, Bufallo Soldiers, george washington, iwo jima, jean lafitte, John "Black Jack" Pershing, Lord Cornwallis, revolutionary war, Rough Riders, San Juan Hill, Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt, War of 1812, world war two, Yorktown
Five Famous People Who Fought On D-Day
With this being the 68th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy (June 6, 1944), we thought we'd bring you a group of famous people that landed on the beaches there, that morning. When we think of people fighting in a war, we imagine our family members and normal people who make up the bulk of our armed services, yet there were some famous people who stood up to do their duty on this "Longest Day". Here are there stories: Read more...
The Best Lawmen from the Old West
The Old West was a lawless place that has been romanticized in the movies and dime novels. At first, there was no law. But as families moved West looking to settle down, the need for order was required and brave Marshal’s and Rangers answered the call. Here are five of the best known and famous of the lawmen and some interesting facts you might not know. Read more...
Best U.S. Presidents
Here are the choices for the best five United States presidents. Most people have a pre-conceived notion that Abraham Lincoln should be right on top. I don't think so. The man was hated as a president in his time. Note: he was assassinated. He did a lot of unpopular things and all of them can't be blamed directly on his presidency, but he certainly wasn't the person we remember. Similarly, FDR is famous for being the person that brought us out of the Great Depression and led us in WW2. He served 4 terms as a US President, but I argue that he really didn't do anything that Herbert Hoover hadn't already planned to do, didn't really stop the unemployment rate, and if WW2 hadn't have happened, he wouldn't have got us out of the Depression.
Below are my best five. See if you agree! If you don't, tell me about it.
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Categories: History Tags: FDR, Jackson, Jefferson, Ol' Hickory, Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Truman, US Presidents, Washington, WW2
