Showing posts with label Theodore Roosevelt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Theodore Roosevelt. Show all posts

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Interest of the Saturday Afternoon Club

Syndicalism Official Flag

  •  Location: France


Year    No. of Machines    Total Horsepower
1839          2,450                33,000
1851          5,672                 71,000
1861         15,805              191,000
1871          26,146              316,000
1881          44,010              576,000
1891           55,967               916,000
1901            75,866            1,907,000
1910              82,238           2,913,013[ 3]

Louis Levine. Syndicalism in France (Kindle Locations 241-247).


  • The World's Largest Burger King is on Gulf Street, in Kuwait
  • 1912 October 14th in Milwaukee, an assassin attempted to kill Theodore Roosevelt, the attempt was not successful. Roosevelt survived because the bullet hit his manuscript and eyeglass carrier before reaching his body.  
    • He coined the term Bull Moose Party from the incident when he said, "I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.   The bullet is in me now, so that i cannot make a very long speech, but I will try my best." He was one tough Rough Rider.    "I can tell you with absolute truthfulness that I am very much uninterested in whether I am shot or not." 

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Interest of the Saturday Afternoon Club

The Attakapas, natives of Louisiana Iberia Bayou, name means Eater of Flesh.

Brazil's Flag owes it motto Ordem O Progresso to Auguste Comte and his Progressive Positivism.  Comte believed in humanities ability to rise above the chaos of the word by sheer optimistic progress.

Theodore Roosevelt could only speak two words in Portuguese.  Yet, was able to map the interior of Brazil.   The words were maes cnaja- more soup.    

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