The Anniversary Of Our Fav Present!

[PoliticalChic]

Time to think about Christmas presents?
How about the time-honored gift every child adores????
A Teddy Bear!!!!



1. This cartoon started it all!

Drawing the Line in Mississippi by Clifford Berryman: This cartoon is believed to have triggered the teddy bear craze in the U.S.

2. The cartoon is a detail from a series called "The Passing Show" about President Theodore Roosevelt's purported refusal to shoot a chained bear while on a hunting trip in Missississippi. The little bear, Bruin, became so popular that Berryman used him frequently in later cartoons on many different topics. Although Berryman helped popularize the association of Teddy Roosevelt with bears, he did not invent the toy teddy bear.
Drawing the line in Mississippi


3. --PRESIDENT CALLED AFTER THE BEAST HAD BEEN LASSOED, BUT HE REFUSED TO MAKE AN UNSPORTSMANLIKE SHOT--
This was the headline of the Washington Post on November 15, 1902 when President Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a 235-pound black bear that had been tied to a tree. When encouraged to shoot it, the President is rumored to have said, "I've hunted game all over America and I'm proud to be a hunter. But I couldn't be proud of myself if I shot an old, tired, worn-out bear that was tied to a tree." Teddy Bear



4. The cartoon appeared in a panel of cartoons drawn by Cliffored Berryman in The Washington Post on November 16, 1902. It caused an immediate sensation and was reprinted widely.

Apparently this cartoon even inspired Morris and Rose Michtom of Brooklyn, New York, to make a bear in honor of the president's actions.



5. Morris Michtom wrote to Roosevelt to ask his permission to make a small bear cub and call it "Teddy's Bear." His son, Benjamin Michtom, said that although Roosevelt agreed to lend his name to the new invention he doubted it would ever amount to much in the toy business. In 1903, the Ideal Toy Company was born, soon to become a multimillion-dollar business. By 1908, the bear had become such a popular toy that a Michigan minister warned that replacing dolls with toy bears would destroy the maternal instincts in little girls.Teddy Bear

 

[Jackson]

A true sportsman, gentleman and President.

 

[OldUSAFSniper]

Excellent story madam! President Roosevelt was one of our greatest Presidents.

 

[PoliticalChic]

A true sportsman, gentleman and President.

Well, sis.....there certainly is a lot to be said for Teddy Roosevelt

1. Reform legislation passed during Roosevelt’s presidency was based not so much on the desire to break trusts up, he had initiated some forty suits, as to regulate them: more against wickedness than big business.
   1. A successful antitrust suit against J. P. Morgan’s Northern Securities, which controlled the big western railroads.
   2. In 1902 he threatened to intervene in the anthracite coal strike, forcing mine operators to accept arbitration.
   3. Put an end to freight rebates by railroads.
   4. The Hepburn Act strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission, which authorized the government to set railroad rates.
   5. In 1906, the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed (scandals in meatpacking industry).
   6. The Employers’ Liability and Safety Appliance Laws limited employees hours…etc.
2. ... he called for income and inheritance taxes, currency reform, the eight-hour day, and control of campaign contributions.
3. Taft brought more anti-trust suits in one term than TR in two, and broke up Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company. He got the eight-hour day for government workers, and supported the income tax amendment.
4. In Norway, on May 5, to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for is mediation of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, the first to go to an American President, TR suggested that a world organization be created to prevent war, “a League of Peace.”

I highly recommend the book "1912," by James Chace


That being said....I cannot get this out of my head:

Well known is TR's outburst, when told the Constitution did not permit the confiscation of private property: "To hell with the Constitution when the people want coal!"

Less well known is that at one point TR summoned General John M. Schofield, instructing him: "I bid you pay no heed to any other authority, no heed to a writ from a judge, or anything else except my commands." (p. 138) "33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask," by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.


Not being as anti-Constitution as his cuz FDR, I'd replace him on Rushmore with Reagan.....if Gutzon Borglum was still around.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Iconoclasm is not a virtue.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Iconoclasm is not a virtue.

Since you are unable to deny a single fact......fact.....that I have provided....these:

1. Reform legislation passed during Roosevelt’s presidency was based not so much on the desire to break trusts up, he had initiated some forty suits, as to regulate them: more against wickedness than big business.
   1. A successful antitrust suit against J. P. Morgan’s Northern Securities, which controlled the big western railroads.
   2. In 1902 he threatened to intervene in the anthracite coal strike, forcing mine operators to accept arbitration.
   3. Put an end to freight rebates by railroads.
   4. The Hepburn Act strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission, which authorized the government to set railroad rates.
   5. In 1906, the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed (scandals in meatpacking industry).
   6. The Employers’ Liability and Safety Appliance Laws limited employees hours…etc.
2. ... he called for income and inheritance taxes, currency reform, the eight-hour day, and control of campaign contributions.
3. Taft brought more anti-trust suits in one term than TR in two, and broke up Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company. He got the eight-hour day for government workers, and supported the income tax amendment.
4. In Norway, on May 5, to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for is mediation of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, the first to go to an American President, TR suggested that a world organization be created to prevent war, “a League of Peace.”

I highly recommend the book "1912," by James Chace


That being said....I cannot get this out of my head:

Well known is TR's outburst, when told the Constitution did not permit the confiscation of private property: "To hell with the Constitution when the people want coal!"

Less well known is that at one point TR summoned General John M. Schofield, instructing him: "I bid you pay no heed to any other authority, no heed to a writ from a judge, or anything else except my commands." (p. 138) "33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask," by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.



...one can conclude that you are unaware of meaning of 'iconoclasm.'



Or....as one must regularly conclude from your posts.....you're a dunce.

 

[AnCap'n_Murica]

The original progressive neoconservative. Hardly any favorite of liberty lovers.

 

[regent]

Was Theodore Roosevelt a liberal? Certainly a lot of evidence on that side of the coin.
As he said, and I think was in Paris after his presidency:
"But this does not mean that we may not with great advantage adopt certain of the principles professed by some given set of men who call themselves socialists; to be afraid to do so would be to make a mark of weakness on our part."

 

[PoliticalChic]

Was Theodore Roosevelt a liberal? Certainly a lot of evidence on that side of the coin.
As he said, and I think was in Paris after his presidency:
"But this does not mean that we may not with great advantage adopt certain of the principles professed by some given set of men who call themselves socialists; to be afraid to do so would be to make a mark of weakness on our part."

"Was Theodore Roosevelt a liberal?"

Do Liberals hate the United States and its Constitution?

You betcha'!!

Given his impetuous temperament, it comes as no surprise that Roosevelt had little regard for the limits the Constitution imposed on the presidency. In the United Mine Workers strike in 1902, Roosevelt threatened to order the army to run the coal mines.

Well known is TR's outburst, when told the Constitution did not permit the confiscation of private property: "To hell with the Constitution when the people want coal!" Less well known is that at one point TR summoned General John M. Schofield, instructing him: "I bid you pay no heed to any other authority, no heed to a writ from a judge, or anything else except my commands." (p. 138) "33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask," by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.


Roosevelt's disregard for the Constitution carried over to his conduct of foreign affairs. Woods explains in detail the way in which Roosevelt in 1905 arrogated to himself the power to reach a binding agreement with the Dominican Republic to administer that country's customs collections. The Constitution clearly requires that treaties be submitted to the Senate for its approval, but Roosevelt at first refused to submit the agreement to the Senate. Faced with protests, he at last did submit the treaty; but when the Senate did not act on it, Roosevelt was not deterred.

Exasperated, Roosevelt simply defied the senate, drawing up what we would today call an executive agreement, the foreign policy equivalent of an executive order. (p. 141)
http://mises.org/misesreview_detail.aspx?control=317

 

[regent]

Conservative historians usually rate TR almost the same as liberal historians, somewhere around "fifth best president."

 

[norwegen]

The pugnacious Progressive was one of the worst presidents in American history.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Conservative historians usually rate TR almost the same as liberal historians, somewhere around "fifth best president."

Conservative historians usually rate TR almost the same as liberal historians, somewhere around "fifth best president."

This was the post:

"Given his impetuous temperament, it comes as no surprise that Roosevelt had little regard for the limits the Constitution imposed on the presidency. In the United Mine Workers strike in 1902, Roosevelt threatened to order the army to run the coal mines.

Well known is TR's outburst, when told the Constitution did not permit the confiscation of private property: "To hell with the Constitution when the people want coal!" Less well known is that at one point TR summoned General John M. Schofield, instructing him: "I bid you pay no heed to any other authority, no heed to a writ from a judge, or anything else except my commands." (p. 138) "33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask," by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.


Roosevelt's disregard for the Constitution carried over to his conduct of foreign affairs. Woods explains in detail the way in which Roosevelt in 1905 arrogated to himself the power to reach a binding agreement with the Dominican Republic to administer that country's customs collections. The Constitution clearly requires that treaties be submitted to the Senate for its approval, but Roosevelt at first refused to submit the agreement to the Senate. Faced with protests, he at last did submit the treaty; but when the Senate did not act on it, Roosevelt was not deterred.

Exasperated, Roosevelt simply defied the senate, drawing up what we would today call an executive agreement, the foreign policy equivalent of an executive order. (p. 141)
http://mises.org/misesreview_detail.aspx?control=317


It was proof that, as is the case with so very many Liberals, they refuse to give obedience to the Constitution, even when....as was the case with both Roosevelts....they had sworn to do so.


No...you've ignored the post to which you were ostensibly replying......therefore you are inadvertently providing verification for same.


Having served your purpose...you're dismissed.

 

[PoliticalChic]

The pugnacious Progressive was one of the worst presidents in American history.

My plan is to dig up Gutzon Borglum an have him replace Teddy with Ronaldus Maximus.

What say you, wegie?

 

[norwegen]

The pugnacious Progressive was one of the worst presidents in American history.

My plan is to dig up Gutzon Borglum an have his replace Teddy with Ronaldus Maximus.

What say you, wegie?

It would look more like the original Americans.

But the job sounds dangerous; it might kill him.

 

[PoliticalChic]

The pugnacious Progressive was one of the worst presidents in American history.

My plan is to dig up Gutzon Borglum an have his replace Teddy with Ronaldus Maximus.

What say you, wegie?

It would look more like the original Americans.

But the job sounds dangerous; it might kill him.

His son is extant....he's working on an Indian sculpture...'Crazy Horse."

 

[norwegen]

The pugnacious Progressive was one of the worst presidents in American history.

My plan is to dig up Gutzon Borglum an have his replace Teddy with Ronaldus Maximus.

What say you, wegie?

It would look more like the original Americans.

But the job sounds dangerous; it might kill him.

His son is extant....he's working on an Indian sculpture...'Crazy Horse."

That's just crazy.

 

[PoliticalChic]

The pugnacious Progressive was one of the worst presidents in American history.

My plan is to dig up Gutzon Borglum an have his replace Teddy with Ronaldus Maximus.

What say you, wegie?

It would look more like the original Americans.

But the job sounds dangerous; it might kill him.

His son is extant....he's working on an Indian sculpture...'Crazy Horse."

That's just crazy.

Now you're beatin' a dead....

....never mind.

 

[whitehall]

Pretty much everything about Teddy Roosevelt from San Juan Hill to the "teddy bear" fiasco was a result of carefully created spin by the mainstream media.

 

[regent]

When America had the Great White Fleet, Teddy sent them on a round-the-world trip with only fuel to make it half way. TR said: "Let the Congress get them back."

 

[HenryWallace]

Not being as anti-Constitution as his cuz FDR, I'd replace him on Rushmore with Reagan.....if Gutzon Borglum was still around.

I'd replace him with FDR