#teddy roosevelt
“stop beating people with your stick” “it’s wrong to kill people with your big stick” “why did you murder that man with your stick” you’re all just jealous of my great and powerful and impressive stick aren’t you
been reading this book about the short spanish-american war and the much longer debate over american imperialism and annexation that followed. it’s very funny to see parallels to zionism with regards to different sides of the discourse.
those in favor of annexing the philippines rely on the fact that, for over a hundred years, white people had already been conquering and annexing the continent. there’s no reason they should stop at the pacific ocean. this side, personified by teddy roosevelt and henry cabot lodge, kind of have a better grasp on history than those opposed to annexation, who rely only on moral arguments rather than precedent.
reminds me of right wing zionists who justify annexing the west bank by arguing that jews already kicked out arabs in the nakba, so why stop now?LikeCommentShare
October 27, 1858: President Theodore Roosevelt Is Born
On this day in 1858, Teddy Roosevelt was born in New York City.
Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were the most prominent members of one of the most important families in American history. Theodore and Franklin occupied the White House for nineteen of the first forty-five years of the twentieth century, years during which much of the modern world – and the modern state – was created. They shared an unfeigned love for people and politics and a willingness to defy class prejudices to help create a true democracy of equal opportunity.
Along with Eleanor, Theodore’s best-loved niece and Franklin’s wife, all three overcame personal obstacles as they independently – and collectively – transformed the model of a nation’s responsibility to its citizens and the wider world.
Image: Official White House portrait by John Singer Sargent
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Teddy Roosevelt on safari, Khartoum, 1910.
After deciding not to run for a third term as President, Teddy his son and 250 other porters and guides went on safari throughout British East Africa, the Belgian Congo and Khartoum to collect specimens for the Smithsonian. The entire group “collected” 1,100 specimens. Teddy and his son alone bagged 512 including 17 lion, 11 elephant and 20 rhinoceros. At one point, Teddy shot a rhino that was charging at him by shooting through the beast’s neck into its heart.
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Sweatpants & History | The Legacy of FDR
By Jessica Grey On this day, one hundred and thirty-five years ago, the Hyde Park branch of the esteemed Roosevelt family welcomed a new baby boy. That baby boy would go on to be one of the most influential figures—for better and for worse—of the twentieth century. Named for his great uncle, Franklin Hughes Delano, FDR was born into a privileged life in 1882. The only child of the marriage…
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