The Idiots of US History.

[The Scandinvans]

John Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Obama

Obama a Constitutional Professor.

Obama being a man who says the Constitution is a living document when the writers of it specifically declared that if people wanted it changed, just pass a damn amendment.

Passing an amendment is a rather hard thing to do. As such the writers didn't declare it that way.....

Yet, in order to fundamentally, yes I know that the term is perhaps far too strong for my given position, change the Constitution you need to pass an amendment. Nowadays we exist in a world where the rights of individuals and states have been yield so that the federal government can effectively dominate our public and private lives, which is an intent beyond the whims of our fathers.

[The Black Forrest]

John Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Obama

Obama a Constitutional Professor.

Obama being a man who says the Constitution is a living document when the writers of it specifically declared that if people wanted it changed, just pass a damn amendment.

Passing an amendment is a rather hard thing to do. As such the writers didn't declare it that way.....

Yet, in order to fundamentally, yes I know that the term is perhaps far too strong for my given position, change the Constitution you need to pass an amendment. Nowadays we exist in a world where the rights of individuals and states have been yield so that the federal government can effectively dominate our public and private lives, which is an intent beyond the whims of our fathers.

Hmm. Wasn't those rights yielded by the 14th amendment? I guess it is working as you desired.

So how exactly are the feds controlling your life?

[The Scandinvans]

Hmm. Wasn't those rights yielded by the 14th amendment? I guess it is working as you desired.

So how exactly are the feds controlling your life?

How does the 14th amendment apply to this? Equal rights under the law? Ensuring due process? Immigration? The public debt?

The federal government actually has done a good job of controlling individuals lives by actively interfering in the economy, regulating markets, imposing a progressive tax system that now charges tax rates well above anything justifiable, social programs, etc.

[West Failure]

The conspiracy theorists - people like Peter Beter. Them and the people who believe in them are total morons.

[Kim Jong-ilia]

For someone so keen to distance themselves from the unsavoury elements of the USSR, you seem to be holding quite the blood-feud for Kennedy.

Maybe if he wasn't a dumbass and almost started world war three, when America had nukes in Turkey, I wouldn't have a "blood-feud " for him.

If I recall correctly Khrushchev was testing Kennedy to see how he would react to such a situation and if he would back down. When it looked like the US Navy was going to attack the Russian ships he called them back when he realised that Kennedy wasn't going to back down. In a way it was Khrushchev's fault in the first place.

[Pope Joan]

John Quincy Adams. He ran against Andrew Jackson. Twice.

Adams probably had a genius IQ.

He was a scientist, and established the bureau of weights and measures, with standard measurements.

All Jackson did was kill Native Americans including women and children, and hold drunken public bashes in the White House.

[Grays Harbor]

For someone so keen to distance themselves from the unsavoury elements of the USSR, you seem to be holding quite the blood-feud for Kennedy.

Maybe if he wasn't a dumbass and almost started world war three, when America had nukes in Turkey, I wouldn't have a "blood-feud " for him.

If I recall correctly Khrushchev was testing Kennedy to see how he would react to such a situation and if he would back down. When it looked like the US Navy was going to attack the Russian ships he called them back when he realised that Kennedy wasn't going to back down. In a way it was Khrushchev's fault in the first place.

C'mon, KJI, you have been here long enough to know that the motto of NSG, if they had a motto, would be "Whenever anything happens it is always a safe bet to Blame the US because you will always get at least 51%* of the posters to go Yeah! Its the US's fault"

*

The statistic of "51%" is scientifically unproven and is used as an exaggerated illustration of the propensities of many posters to adapt a knee-jerk anti-US policy on everything.

[The_pantless_hero]

John Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Obama

Obama a Constitutional Professor.

Obama being a man who says the Constitution is a living document when the writers of it specifically declared that if people wanted it changed, just pass a damn amendment.

Let's see you quote them.

[Risottia]

Jimmy Carter could be it, what with the failure of Desert Storm

Wasn't "Desert Storm" the 1991 attack on Iraq?

[Surote]

Benedict Arnold, talk about backin the wrong horse,

I have to agree benedict arnold was a huge dick.

[Surote]

John Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Obama

3 out of 5 don't belong on that list

[Rolling squid]

McClellan, Burnside, and Hooker. If any of them had been the least bit good at their job, the Civil War would have taken half the time it did.

[Vervaria]

McClellan, Burnside, and Hooker. If any of them had been the least bit good at their job, the Civil War would have taken half the time it did.

In his defense, Hooker was actually a very good Corps commander. That was the limit of his abilities however. McClellan and Burnside, there's simply no excuse for the incompetence of those two.

[Douchebaggerry]

Who do you guys think was the worst idiot of the US in its whole history?

Whoever gave birth to you!

DOHOHOHOHOHOHO!

[Serrland]

G. Gordon Liddy.

[Lunatic Goofballs]

Hmm. Wasn't those rights yielded by the 14th amendment? I guess it is working as you desired.

So how exactly are the feds controlling your life?

How does the 14th amendment apply to this? Equal rights under the law? Ensuring due process? Immigration? The public debt?

The federal government actually has done a good job of controlling individuals lives by actively interfering in the economy, regulating markets, imposing a progressive tax system that now charges tax rates well above anything justifiable, social programs, etc.

You know that the highest tax bracket is a fraction of what it was before 1980 right? In the 50s and 60s it was 90%, dropping to 70% by 1981. Then it dropped to 30%. Currently the highest tax bracket is 35% and rich people are freaking out that it might be raised to... brace yourselves....36%!!!

Personally, I say kick it back to 70% and go from there.

[Fartsniffage]

I have to agree benedict arnold was a huge dick.

Nah, he was on the correct side.

[Dashret]

John Quincy Adams. He ran against Andrew Jackson. Twice.

Adams probably had a genius IQ.

He was a scientist, and established the bureau of weights and measures, with standard measurements.

All Jackson did was kill Native Americans including women and children, and hold drunken public bashes in the White House.

That doesn't change the fact that he ran against Jackson, the only man in history to have successfully swum across the Atlantic ocean. He also invented the bear. And kung fu.

[Sarkhaan]

Clearly, if we disagree with your politics, you must be the biggest idiot in US history.

wait a sec...no. I'd go so far as to say not a single one of our presidents come even close to being an idiot. Nor our congressmen, governors, judges, and other high ranking officials. Why? Because winning an office takes at least some level of intelligence.

[Trippoli]

Baby George Bush

[Mikertaz Kein]

Clearly, if we disagree with your politics, you must be the biggest idiot in US history.

wait a sec...no. I'd go so far as to say not a single one of our presidents come even close to being an idiot. Nor our congressmen, governors, judges, and other high ranking officials. Why? Because winning an office takes at least some level of intelligence.

Hm? All it takes to win a public office is a lot of money, a lot of advertising, and a lot of mudslinging. A half-retarded chimp could win a public office with a good campaign manager. *nod*

[Indecline]

George W Bush.

At least he got elected. Twice. Which was what he wanted.

I nominate Gore, for not being able to get a single US senator to sign one of the numerous complaints filed by congressmen against the 2000 elections.

How about the 50,456,002 US citizens who voted for Bush, and the 50,999,897 who rolled over and took it after their democracy was blatantly defiled? Civil action and American democracy failed, not Gore. (I understand that of the 48.38% of the electorate to vote for Gore not all were complacent, although I couldn't find any statistics on how many participated in demonstrations or civil disobedience in response to the 2000 election travesty.)

[Sarkhaan]

Clearly, if we disagree with your politics, you must be the biggest idiot in US history.

wait a sec...no. I'd go so far as to say not a single one of our presidents come even close to being an idiot. Nor our congressmen, governors, judges, and other high ranking officials. Why? Because winning an office takes at least some level of intelligence.

Hm? All it takes to win a public office is a lot of money, a lot of advertising, and a lot of mudslinging. A half-retarded chimp could win a public office with a good campaign manager. *nod*

And getting a lot of money is easy? Even if it was all inherited, keeping a lot of money is not always easy.

Hiring the right person, at the very least, demonstrates some level of intelligence. At least enough to rank above the biggest idiot in US history.

But don't let that stop the dick waving and pissing contests.

[United Russian State]

John Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Obama

3 out of 5 don't belong on that list

no they all do and in this is the order I give.

Bill Clinton
Bush
Obama [although honsetly he is just as bad as Bush]
Ronald Reagan
John Kennedy

[Snrubenahs]

Okay. I notice a lot (and I mean A LOT) of "president bashing" here. Aside from the excessive political bent of this, I feel this is sadly misplaced. While the verbal foibles of Clinton/Bush crack me up, do not mistake my sense of humor for a lack of respect for their intellect. Bush and Gore both receved decent grades in college, and the remarks about Kennedy are really more about his character and political agenda than his intellect. The crack about J.Q. Adams is the same. He just had more ambition than popularity; he was really very intelligent. As for Obama: while I disagree with many (actually most) of his policies, I recognize that he is a shrewd political organizer. To insult Reagan or Carter is to insult a mixed bag...they both played all sides of the poltical coin and cannot be defined by a particular dogma. Neither of them is really stupid, although they made mistakes.

Even the Benedict Arnold comment is looking backward (hindsight is 20/20).

There are a lot of stupid Americans (and smart ones too). But if you want a stupid one who also managed to attain the pinnacle of infamy for it, I give you Aaron Burr. The theories given to explain his behavior abound, but we know that he was incredibly deluded as to the means to acieve his success. The only thing he had to counter his lack of forethought was a healthy overdose of charisma.