What If…America Had Lost The War…?
As wars go, America has been pretty lucky. Most of the early wars we fought, we won, either because of fortuitous turn of events, help from an outside force, or sheer tenacity. The question rises, however, is 'What if America lost these wars?' The enemies of the United States certainly had plans for their spoils, but what would they have been? Here is a list of the plans that were laid out by America's enemies should they have been victorious. Read more...
Categories: What Ifs Tags: Adams, Afghanistan, Allied Powers, America, Axis Powers, British, cold war, Continental Congress, Economic Collapse, France, franklin, Germany, Japan, Jefferson, Mexican-American War, Mexico, Prime Minister North, revolutionary war, U.S., united states, Washington, world war one, world war two
2010 March Madness First Round Predictions
Tomorrow night the MADNESS begins! The meaningful part of the 2010 NCAA Men's Tournament will get underway. With this year's field being without a true elite team, the championship is up for grabs. We have #1 seeds that should be #2 seeds and #3 seeds that should be #2 seeds and vice-versa. Here is my region by region breakdown on what I think is going to go down in the first round. My full bracket can be found here. Read more...
Categories: Sports Tags: 2010 March Madness predictions, 2010 Men's NCAA Tournament, Butler, Florida, Houston, Kanas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, ohio, ohio state, Pittsburgh, Purdue, St Mary's, syracuse, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, UNLV, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
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
