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While many politicians seem like they possess more bark than bite, several have been able to physically back up their words when needed. This list features ten badass politicians who demonstrated bravery in the face of danger, or significant physical prowess during their storied lives. 10. Idi Amin Ugandan Dictator Idi Amin was very much [...]
Posted by Matthew Zarzeczny on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under People, Politics · Tagged Aleksandr Karelin, andrew jackson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Badass, idi amin, jesse ventura, Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, politicians, Politics, Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, TopTenz, Vitali Klitschko, vladimir putin
From Lincoln to JFK and Julius Caesar to Martin Luther King, entire books have been written about famous assassinations and how they changed the course of history. Few people, however, take more than a passing glance at those failed attempts that, had they succeeded, would have transformed history just as much, if not more, than [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Friday, December 16, 2011 at 12:01 am
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The First Ladies of the United States are a surprisingly unhealthy group of women. While the rigors of public life are arguably analogous, longevity is valued in potential presidents but overlooked in their spouses. Notwithstanding the women’s relatively younger age and their proclivity to live longer, an equal number of Presidents and First Ladies– four [...]
Posted by Suzy Duvall on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 12:01 am
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Obviously, soldiers have amongst the most dangerous jobs in the world. When it’s not the enemy, friendly fire, weather, or disease that gets them, their commanding officers step in to endanger them through stupidity. Now imagine being one of the soldiers under the commanders who ordered things this stupid: 10. Build Those Defenses… Backwards! The [...]
Posted by Dustin Koski on Friday, December 2, 2011 at 12:01 am
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Every four years the good citizens of this country drag themselves to the voting booth (well, actually about half of them do, the rest being far too busy to concern themselves with such things as picking the leader of their nation) to pick the candidate they hope will do the least amount of damage to [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Friday, April 2, 2010 at 6:01 am
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How do we decide which Presidential elections were the least important? We have to acknowledge that any election had some importance, because it chose the United States chief executive for four years. So we need to ask which elections match this statement: “For all the effect the election had on history, we could have skipped [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, November 3, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Filed under History, Politics · Tagged Adlai Stevenson, andrew jackson, chance, Democrat, Eisenhower, franklin roosevelt, George Washington, Harry S. Truman, henry clay, Lewis Cass, martin van buren, Nixon, Politics, presidency, president, president calvin coolidge, presidential election, presidential elections, presidents, Republican, Richard Nixon, robert lafollette, ronald reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, walter mondale, warren g harding, Washington, Whig, William Henry, william mckinley, Zachary Taylor
